Another thing I learned is that novels, even...... Quote by "Jane Smiley"

Another thing I learned is that novels, even those from apparently distant times and places, remain current and enlightening, and also comforting.
— Jane Smiley

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Other Quotes by "Jane Smiley"

Combined families often get bad reviews, but the family my children got when they traded away 'the suffocating four-person' nuclear one is one that has benefited all of them.
— Jane Smiley

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Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I don't know any smokers now, not even my mom.
— Jane Smiley

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I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse.
— Jane Smiley

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All equestrians, if they last long enough, learn that riding in whatever form is a lifelong sport and art, an endeavor that is both familiar and new every time you take the horse out of his stall or pasture.
— Jane Smiley

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I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents.
— Jane Smiley

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