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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

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Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I dont know any smokers now, not even my mom. – Jane Smiley

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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. – Jane Smiley

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Beauty is first and foremost an emotion. – Tahar Ben Jelloun

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Beauty is the promise of happiness. – Stendhal

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Beauty is whatever gives joy. – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, its rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know youre just renting for a while. – Candice Bergen

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