What did Jane Smiley mean by: Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book. - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA Copy
+ Your sons weren’t made to like you. That’s what grandchildren are for. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Grandchildren, Like You, Son, 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
+ My great fear is not that I’ll run out of ideas. It’s that I’ll run out of time. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Ideas, Running, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Ignorance, United States, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ I don’t know – is everything the U.S. does a shocking embarrassment? Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Embarrassment, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Good Intentions, Lying, Wicked, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Men are competent in groups that mimic the playground, incompetent in groups that mimic the family Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Groups, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
