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

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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

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Experience
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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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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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There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful. – Loretta Young

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Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape! – Henry David Thoreau

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The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other. – George H. Mead

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Beauty

Blanche talks about aging, and why should she be considered poor, because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of the soul. I think that speech is so beautiful, and so telling and so true. – Delta Burke

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Investing in health will produce enormous benefits. – Gro Harlem Brundtland

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Rudeness is the weak mans imitation of strength. – Eric Hoffer

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Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others. – Gerald Jampolsky

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I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. – Helen Keller

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