Quote by Jane Smiley
Vets do what doctors used to - diagnose the injury or the conditio

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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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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I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty. – Jane Smiley

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The U.S. couldnt even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. Theyll be killing each other again in less than a year. Im sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits. – Bill Gates

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My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent. – Alex Campbell

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A man who wont die for something is not fit to live. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world. – Edgar Allan Poe

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