Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien Quotes

United States, Writer
1890 – 1941.

Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien was a U.S. writer, poet, editor and anthologist. O'Brien created a series of annual anthologies containing his selection of the previous year's best short stories by U.S. authors, The Best American Short Stories . In that he was succeeded by Martha Foley, who continued the work until her own death in 1977 without a great change in format.

Also known as Poet, Editor

Judge not that ye be judged; we carried the torch to the goal. The goal is won: guard the fire: it is yours: but remember our soul. Breathes through the life that we saved, when our lives went out in the night: Your body is woven of ours: see that the torch is alight.

Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien
- Soul
- Goal
- Judge
If you do not have an alert and curious interest in character and dramatic situation, if you have no visual imagination and are unable to distinguish between honest emotional reactions and sentimental approaches to life, you will never write a competent short story.

Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien