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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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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 loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures. – Jane Smiley

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Future
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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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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion. – T. S. Eliot

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There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. – Walter Scott

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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. – Ambrose Bierce

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The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a ministers daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for. – Tori Amos

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Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure – they can be turned into wisdom. – Cat Cora

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Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, its really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think. – Randy Newman

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