Quote by Jane Smiley Download Open image ““He laughed with a kind of mirthless bark.”” — Jane Smiley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“He laughed and it sounded startled and a bit rusty, as if he didn't do that very often.” — Amanda McCabe Copy Share Image
“His little eyes, which looked as if they'd literally been hammered into place, gazed out fixedly and uncomfortably, and he also had a way… — Ivan S. Turgenev Copy Share Image
“And the man then said Oh, please: Just let me know if you come upon bark textures that recall the erosion patterns of human… — Evan Dara Copy Share Image
“And then he laughed. His head rocked back and he laughed and the birds came back and laughed right along with him.” — T.J. Klune Copy Share Image
“He laughed, like someone had stabbed him in the chest and he had no other choice but to find it amusing.” — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
“He was a relentlessly cheerful presence, talked only of himself but so good-naturedly that she indulged him. He certainly laughed a good deal. Something… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“He laughed and I did too, it was funny and horribly painful and deeply aching all at once. Like the laughter echoed and because… — Audrey Bell Copy Share Image
“And then he laughed. It was short and brief, but genuine and made the dimples stand out on his scruffy cheeks. It was the… — Karina Halle Copy Share Image
“It does no good to bark at the television, I said. I’ve tried it too. So he stopped.” — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Some novelists are luckier than others in the eras of their formative intellectual years, but all Weltanschauungs return, which means that most novelists have… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister,… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
You know what getting married is? It's agreeing to taking this person who right now is at the top of his form, full of… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“We watched the swimmers and sunbathers and I thought about this. Had I faced all the facts? It seemed like I had, but actually,… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“They throw themselves on the waters of the world, and they know they will be borne up.” — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
everything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“Shame is a distinct feeling. I couldn’t look at my hands around the coffee cup or hear my own laments without feeling appalled, wanting… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“She could not have created this moment, these lovely faces, these candles flickering, the flash of the silverware, the fragrances of the food hanging… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Horse racing is really much more intimidating than anything having to do with literature. When I had horses at the racetrack, I would wake… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
