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Horse Quotes by Jane Smiley
- If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions about horses are…
- 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…
- I readily admit it is easy to make of horses what we will. Silent, in some ways reserved, they allow us to train them, and…
- I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a…
- There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are…
- All equestrians, if they last long enough, learn that riding in whatever form is a lifelong sport and art, an endeavor that is both familiar…
- But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses
- Fascination with horses predated every other single thing I knew. Before I was a mother, before I was a writer, before I knew the facts…
More Horse Quotes
- Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Hannah Arendt
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
- If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. — Saint Augustine
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet. — Tyra Banks
- The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win. — Joey Adams