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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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I learned why out riding alone is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse. – Jane Smiley

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In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. – Jane Smiley

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I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of lifes mystery and unpredictability, of lifes generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation. – Jane Smiley

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I write out of my intellectual experience. – Tom Stoppard

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You know, young actors say all the time, Should I use my own life experience? And my response is, What choice do you have? – David Mamet

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I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences… Im human, not perfect, like anybody else. – Queen Latifah

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If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be. – John Heywood

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I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk. – Jan Karon

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Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. – William Feather

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Faint hearts never win fair ladies. – Danish proverb

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Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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