Jane Smiley Quotes & Sayings

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75 most famous Jane Smiley quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for her. She's a 74 year old American writer born on Sep 26, 1949.

Jane Smiley Quotes
“The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister, in-laws, and darling nephews.”
Jane Smiley Quotes
“I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation.”
“There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are gathered together, where year after year, decade after decade, they do the same, rather simple thing - run in races and try to win.”
“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 Quotes
“A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.”
Jane Smiley Quotes
“Candy is my fuel. Ice cream, too.”
“A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.”
“Sometimes, a novel is like a train: the first chapter is a comfortable seat in an attractive carriage, and the narrative speeds up. But there are other sorts of trains, and other sorts of novels. They rush by in the dark; passengers framed in the lighted windows are smiling and enjoying themselves.”
Jane Smiley Quotes
“English majors understand human nature better than economists do.”
Jane Smiley Quotes
“Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.”

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