Sudden/plot

Famous quotes containing the words sudden and/or plot:

“Two girls discover
the secret of life
in a sudden line of
poetry.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“We have defined a story as a narrative of events arranged in their time-sequence. A plot is also a narrative of events, the emphasis falling on causality. “The king died and then the queen died” is a story. “The king died, and then the queen died of grief” is a plot. The time sequence is preserved, but the sense of causality overshadows it.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)