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
+ I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Pieces, War, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ People with good intentions never give up! Feraz Zeid, November 4, 2023December 26, 2023, Jane Smiley, Giving Up, Good Intentions, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ Not every novel that wants to be a tragedy gets to be one. Feraz Zeid, July 30, 2023December 12, 2023, Jane Smiley, Novel, Tragedy, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ Hungry ears are sharp ones. Feraz Zeid, October 17, 2023December 26, 2023, Jane Smiley, Ears, Hungry, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
+ How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jane Smiley, Farmers, Farming, Favors, 0 - Jane Smiley Novelist · USA
Unhappy families are conspiracies of silence. The one who breaks the silence is never forgiven. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
I love living in Michigan, which has been great for my kids and my family. - Jeff Daniels Actor · USA
Genes and family may determine the foundation of the house, but time and place determine its form. - Jerome Kagan
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. - William Makepeace Thackeray Author · India
I carry my roots with me all the time rolled up, I use them as my pillow. - Francisco X. Alarcon Poet
I love my country better than my family; but I love humanity better than my country. - Francois Fenelon Poet · France
