Phrase by 'Jane Smiley'
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Respect and fear are two different things.
Author: Jane Smiley - American WriterTwo , Respect , Fear , Things
Sometimes, a novel is like a train: the first chapter is a comfortable seat in an attractive carriage, and the narrative speeds up. But there are other sorts of trains, and other sorts of novels. They rush by in the dark; passengers framed in the lighted windows are smiling and enjoying themselves.
Author: Jane Smiley - American WriterSometimes , Dark , Smiling , Chapter
'Lean on Pete' is the story of a boy and his horse, but it is never heart-warming - it ranges in tone from desperate to merely painful - and, while fascinating, it is never entertaining or redemptive. But if you want an unadorned portrait of American life (at least in some places) at the beginning of the 21st century, this is the book for you.
Author: Jane Smiley - American WriterLife , You , Beginning , Horse
An urban novelist never minds a little decay.
Author: Jane Smiley - American WriterNever , Minds , Little , Urban
Another thing I learned is that novels, even those from apparently distant times and places, remain current and enlightening, and also comforting.
Author: Jane Smiley - American WriterEven , Places , Those , Comforting
I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse.
Author: Jane Smiley - American WriterNever , Alone , Horse , Riding
'The Good Soldier' is an odd and maybe even unique book. That it is a masterpiece, almost a perfect novel, comes as a repeated surprise even to readers who have read it before.
Author: Jane Smiley - American WriterBook , Good , Surprise , Soldier
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 - American WriterIdeas , Will , Belief , Child
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.
Author: Jane Smiley - American WriterYou , Family , Children , Future
Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.
Author: Jane Smiley - American WriterReading , Hot , Sound , Oh
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