What did Jane Smiley mean by: The one thing … maybe no family could tolerate was things coming out into the open. Jane Smiley Novelist · USA Copy
How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Independence, Integrity, Work Ethic, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
Like most of the educated, I do harbor a fondness for the sins of my ignorant past. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Education, Growth, Nostalgia, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
English majors understand human nature better than economists do. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Economics, Literature, Psychology, 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. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Creativity, Fear, Time., 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
A horse herd was, in its very essence, the manifestation of the expression ‘It’s always something. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Chaos, Nature, Persistence, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Not every novel that wants to be a tragedy gets to be one. Author, July 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Smiley, Aspiration, Disappointment, Failure, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness. Author, July 14, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Smiley, Childhood, Fundamental, Powerlessness, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
I suspected that there were things he knew that I had been waiting all my life to learn. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Smiley, Anticipation, Curiosity, Knowledge, 0 Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
A man can keep another’s secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible. Frank Herbert Author · USA
One of my favorite films is LATE SPRING by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art. Michael Arndt Screenwriter
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
