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Jane Smiley Quotes

Whatever you love is beautiful; love comes first, beauty follows. The greater your capacity for love, the more beauty you find in the world Picture Quote #1

Write every day, just to keep in the habit, and remember that whatever you have written is neither as good nor as bad as you think it is. Just keep going, and tell yourself that you will fix it later Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Trollope wrote so many novels and other works that they tend to crowd each other out Picture Quote #1

Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them Picture Quote #1

I was an only child. I’ve known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents Picture Quote #1

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When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely Picture Quote #1

I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two things at once Picture Quote #1

If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions about horses are all the more so, since horses are more mysterious than life and harder to understand Picture Quote #1

The essence of charity... was not deciding what others needed and giving it to them, but giving them what they wanted Picture Quote #1

There is something I have noticed about desire, that it opens the eyes and strikes them blind at the same time Picture Quote #1

How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors Picture Quote #1

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Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions Picture Quote #1

Everything is toxic. That’s the point. You can’t avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage Picture Quote #1

Americans took a great deal too much credit for creating wealth, when most of the time they had really just been living off natural bounty unprecedented in the history of the world Picture Quote #1

I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures Picture Quote #1

My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. and that’s basically a conservative view of life Picture Quote #1

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Whatever you love is beautiful; love comes first, beauty follows. The greater your capacity for love, the more beauty you find in the world (Jane Smiley Quotes) Write every day, just to keep in the habit, and remember that whatever you have written is neither as good nor as bad as you think it is. Just keep going, and tell yourself that you will fix it later (Jane Smiley Quotes) 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 Quotes) Trollope wrote so many novels and other works that they tend to crowd each other out (Jane Smiley Quotes) Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them (Jane Smiley Quotes) 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 Quotes) When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely (Jane Smiley Quotes) I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two things at once (Jane Smiley Quotes) If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions about horses are all the more so, since horses are more mysterious than life and harder to understand (Jane Smiley Quotes) The essence of charity... was not deciding what others needed and giving it to them, but giving them what they wanted (Jane Smiley Quotes) There is something I have noticed about desire, that it opens the eyes and strikes them blind at the same time (Jane Smiley Quotes) How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors (Jane Smiley Quotes) Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions (Jane Smiley Quotes) Everything is toxic. That’s the point. You can’t avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage (Jane Smiley Quotes) Americans took a great deal too much credit for creating wealth, when most of the time they had really just been living off natural bounty unprecedented in the history of the world (Jane Smiley Quotes) I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures (Jane Smiley Quotes) My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. and that’s basically a conservative view of life (Jane Smiley Quotes)

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