Quote by Jane Smiley
In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The

In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen to and cured by doctors or psychoanalysis or self-knowledge is nowhere to be found in the city. Talking is a way of life, but it is not a cure. Same with religion. – 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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Wisdom
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Vets do what doctors used to – diagnose the injury or the condition, patch it up as best they can and remind you that these things happen and that in life we are also in the midst of death. – Jane Smiley

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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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Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism and our second great philosopher was an agnostic. – Hu Shih

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Im actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender. – Brian Eno

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The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. – Thomas Aquinas

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Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. – Anatole France

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The Old Testament is my favourite science fantasy reading. – Tom Baker

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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. – Plutarch

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