Quote by Jane Smiley
I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an

I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of lifes mystery and unpredictability, of lifes generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation. – Jane Smiley

Other quotes by Jane Smiley

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

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Marriage
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I was an only child. Ive known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents. – Jane Smiley

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Experience
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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

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Death
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Ive just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasnt a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. Shes one of those life-affirming characters. – Sophie Thompson

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Beauty

Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic. – Rosalind Russell

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Beauty

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. – George Gissing

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Beauty

Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe. – Emily Mortimer

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Beauty

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