Quotes by : Jane Smiley

English majors understand human nature better than economists do.

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,....

...I had been with my father so constantly for so long that I knew less and less about him with every....

When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and....

There were no toys under the bed--that wasn't why he liked it. Why he liked it was that there wasn't....

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

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