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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In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. – Jane Smiley

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If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness. – 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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Im still figuring out why people would want to look at me. Maybe its generic beauty, but its weird to be valued for something I was born with. – Josie Maran

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A womans beauty is one of her great missions. – Richard Le Gallienne

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Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, but I want to tear them apart. – Miuccia Prada

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Im not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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