Love in one line

One of the world’s greatest short stories is only six words long: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” It’s often attributed to Ernest Hemingway, although no one really knows for sure who wrote it. That one line, so economical in delivering surprise and melancholy, is proof length is no requirement for a great story. A new Australian work of theatre has drawn on hundreds of secret confessions, submitted anonymously online by members of the public.
The creators of I Want to Know What Love Is, showing at Brisbane festival, received more than 400 one-line confessions about love, jealousy, sex and heartbreak.
 Here are 20 of the best.