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Jane Smiley is an accomplished American novelist known for her profound character development and rich imagination. Her works span a variety of literary genres, including historical fiction, contemporary life, and children's literature. Her novels, such as 'A Thousand Acres' and 'Bluebird', have received widespread acclaim.

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“Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states.”

Long States United United States Ignorance Red Tradition Bloodlust

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“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 and new every time you take the horse out of his stall or pasture.”

Ifs Long Art Enough Lasts Form Sports Horse Familiar Endeavor Riding Lifelong Pastures Equestrian

Author:Jane Smiley

“After a long day, folk rest at night. After a long summer, folk play games and sit about in the winter. After a long life folk sit about the fire and stay warm, for the chill of death is upon them, and even the thickest bearskin can't keep off the shivering.”

Life Long Play Night Games Fire Summer Winter Folks Warm Chill Long Life Long Day

Book:The Greenlanders

Source: The Greenlanders

“The body, the mind, and the spirit don't form a pyramid, they form a circle. Each of them runs into the other two. The body isn't below the mind and the spirit; from the point of view it's between them. if you reside too much in the mind, then you get too abstract and cut off from the world. You long for the spiritual life, but you can't get to it, and you fall into despair. The exercise of the senses frees you from abstraction and opens the way to transcendence.”

Ifs World Way Mind Long Two Body Running Spiritual Form Spirit Fall Views Too Much Cutting Balance Exercise Despair Point Of View Circles Senses Abstract Spiritual Life Abstraction Transcendence Pyramids

Book:Moo

Source: Moo

“Twenty-five, he was. Twenty-five tomorrow. Some years the snow had melted for his birthday, but not this year, and so it had been a long winter full of cows.”

Years Long Five Tomorrow Twenties Winter Snow Cows Twenty Five Happy Birthday

Book:Some Luck: A novel

Source: Some Luck: A novel

About the Author

Born: September 26, 1949
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 153

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