Quote by Jane Smiley
In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was alm

In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than I had wished, but once it flowered it was much more stimulating than any marriage or relationship I had known. – Jane Smiley

Other quotes by Jane Smiley

When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely. – Jane Smiley

Category:
Experience
Read Quote

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. – Jane Smiley

Category:
Future
Read Quote

Somehow, knowing that Alzheimers is coming mocks all ones aspirations – to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for ones accomplishments and hard work – in a way that old familiar death does not. – Jane Smiley

Category:
Death
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Marriage
category

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left. – Jean Kerr, Mary, Mary, 1960

Category:
Marriage

Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters. – Proverb

Category:
Marriage

I dont particularly think marriage is a sane thing. – Sean Young

Category:
Marriage

Daddy was real gentle with kids. Thats why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant. – Loretta Lynn

Category:
Marriage

Random Quotes

When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didnt want to see the magic. – Nia Vardalos

Category:
dad

My dad told us up front, Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but its your decision. – Peyton Manning

Category:
dad

I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee. – Carly Simon

Category:
Coffee

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement. – C. S. Lewis

Category:
Failure