Quote by Jane Smiley
When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader

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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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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Religion
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Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I dont know any smokers now, not even my mom. – Jane Smiley

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Once youre in a particular country, and youre surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience. – Evelyn Glennie

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But because weve all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone. – Wallace Shawn

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There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of mans general destiny. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself. – Thomas Jefferson

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Talking about food is like talking about your dreams. Everyone has something to say. We all have to eat, its just what we eat which differs. Some people eat for fuel and I feel bad for them. – Gael Garcia Bernal

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Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. – Thomas Carlyle

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