Receive Sequence

Famous quotes containing the words receive and/or sequence:

    This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
    MEvery nighte and alle,
    Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
    And Christe receive thy saule.
    Unknown. Lyke-Wake Dirge, The (l. 33–36)

    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)