"With preference came point of view; with point……" — Jane Smiley

"With preference came point of view; with point of view, personality; with personality, uniqueness; with uniqueness, grief."

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102 Quotes by Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley has 102 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

People with good intentions never give up!
Some people do wait their whole lives for something, and it's only when that thing arrives that they find out…
As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral.
Even if my marriage is falling apart and my children are unhappy, there is still a part of me that…
Giving his lecture for the third time freed Dr. Lionel Gift from paying much attention to it. He had a…
One of the things that Ivar knew about Mrs. Walker was that she would only tell him what she knew…
Many said that now there was no hope of salvation, for a man might do anything and be in the…
After a long day, folk rest at night. After a long summer, folk play games and sit about in the…
The body, the mind, and the spirit don't form a pyramid, they form a circle. Each of them runs into…
When I came home for the summer after my first year of college, I told my mother that my best…
I say, when your hair turns gray and your children think they know who you are, do the thing that…
The fact is that the same sequence of days can arrange themselves into a number of different stories.

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More Aging Quotes

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Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

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