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When I came home for the summer after my first year of college, I

When I came home for the summer after my first year of college, I told my mother that my best friend and I were driving to California. She laughed out loud – 2,000 miles in a what? Well, my best friend had an old Chevy. What could go wrong? – Jane Smiley

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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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The thing about Republicans is that they dont care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others. – 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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You know, the sad thing of post-9/11, which was of course horrific, was that the city in which I felt completely at home for two decades, suddenly people like us – brown people – were looked at as the Others. – Mira Nair

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Home is where you feel at home and are treated well. – Dalai Lama

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Power doesnt have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your childrens lives. – Jill Scott

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