Quotes by : Jane Smiley

Arthur said, You must know that you don't love children for being good or bad. I know you know that.Why....

I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability,....

Had I faced all the facts It seemed like I had but actually you never know just by remembering how many....

My mind is like a room where the door swings free in the breeze, and many visitors come and go and stay....

Daddy thinks history starts fresh every day, every minute, that time itself begins with the feelings....

So all I have is the knowledge that I saw! That I saw without being afraid and without turning away,....

Evil people must spread their evil everywhere.

But he was sixty-two when I was, born, and the novelty of daughters had worn away long before.

The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome.....

She always said, 'When I'm home, I've got to get things done, even if there are visitors. Elizabeth knows....