+ A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Creativity, Ideas, Memories, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ When people leave, they always seem to scoop themselves out of you. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ A horse herd was, in its very essence, the manifestation of the expression ‘It’s always something. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Essence, Expression, Horse, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness. Feraz Zeid, July 14, 2023December 12, 2023, Jane Smiley, Childhood, Conditions, Fundamentals, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Conversation, Moral, Political, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Perfect, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Like most of the educated, I do harbor a fondness for the sins of my ignorant past. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Ignorant, Past, Sin, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ A novelist is on the cusp between someone who knows everything and someone who knows nothing. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Novelists, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Haitians don’t like to say they are hungry because we are proud. - Jean-Bertrand Aristide Politician · Haiti
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart. - William Jennings Bryan Lawyer and politician · USA
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. - William Makepeace Thackeray Author · India
Hungry bellies have no ears. [Fr., La ventre affame n’point d’oreilles.] - François Rabelais Author · France
Justice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it. - François-René de Chateaubriand Writer · France
