Fiction-novel Quote by Jane Smiley Download Open image ““Seeing him somewhere was always a pleasure, like taking a drink of water.”” — Jane Smiley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fiction-novel
“No, he didn’t drink because he’d seen every kind of reason for diving into a bottle, seen them up close and personal. But he’d… — Eliza Maxwell Copy Share Image
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“I drink in his wholeness, the soundness of his body and mind. It runs through me like the morphling they give me in the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I clear my throat and say nothing and just drink the whole glass of water in one shot. “Somebody is really thirsty.” He says… — Jannat Bhat Copy Share Image
“All he wanted was to somehow get there, and taste that joy which everyone but him seemed to be experiencing.” — Christina McKenna 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
“Dr. Tom had said that Texas was the only place he had ever found that, when it killed you, it didn't forget about you.” — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“She smiled sinisterly. Light mist started to slowly swirl around us. All I could see was her, the tall rocks and the white wall.… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“It's said that we can all choose our own destiny. But sometimes, for a special few, destiny has no choice but to choose for… — Steve M. Robinson Jr Copy Share Image
“The night came on as swift and soft as a velvet dream. I was scrunched down in the front seat of my car in… — Jim Cherry Copy Share Image
“[When asked about Writing Conferences] "You meet people that will change your life.” — Susan Wingate Copy Share Image
“I never aspired to be the PM...Why should I quit over a silly issue like corruption? - Devender Singh” — Tuhin A. Sinha Copy Share Image
“I told you; I am Arianna, the Siren, your Guardian, and how is a Guardian supposed to do her job if she is clueless… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Could be I've finally gone crazy, but men crazier than me have done greater things than I've ever dreamed, so we'll see where it… — Drew Bankston Copy Share Image
“Even an Astral Adventure needs a little sensuality. "Perhaps you can show me how tastefully decorated your bedroom is." Lee probably felt I did… — Scot Fin Copy Share Image
“You’re my best friend, You’re my love, You’re my life. I can’t wait to make you my wife! Love, Ryan” — Tina Reber Copy Share Image
“Gabriel Edward Mackie, born with soulful maturity and an intrinsic sense of empathy, gazed at life through a poetic contemplative lens relishing the plangent… — JoDee Neathery Copy Share Image
