People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives. — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
Morality for the novelist is expressed not so much in the choice of subject matter as in the plot of the narrative, which is perhaps why in our morally bewildered time novelists have often been timid about plot. — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
“Evelyn wanted to be charming, provocative, desirable, attributes she had never aspired to before out of pride, perhaps, or fear of failure. Now they… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for. — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
“She was learning to treat laws as most people treat poems, making them mean whatever she wanted them to without reference to the author's… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me to write one sentence… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
casino owners spoke more loudly than any of the other kings of industry to defend their contribution to society. They could speak more loudly… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
“…she stretched and yawned, a suggestion of desire informing all her nerves. Extraordinary…not that she should feel desire but that she should not have… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think. — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
