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Jane Smiley Quotes
«In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.»
Author: Jane Smiley
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Desire
«A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.»
Author: Jane Smiley
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belief system, controversial, germ, immune, immune system, infection, infections, overwhelm, protected, the system, vulnerable
«I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures»
«My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's basically a conservative view of life.»
«As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral.»
Author: Jane Smiley
«Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.»
Author: Jane Smiley
«Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel»
Author: Jane Smiley
«Look at Me.»
Author: Jane Smiley
«Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.»
Author: Jane Smiley
«Writing this book was incredibly fun because I soaked in the bathtub, laid around eating chocolate in bed, cooked dinner for my family and read novels the whole time.»
Author: Jane Smiley