I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family…
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When I came home for the summer after my first year of college, I told my mother that my best…
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I learned why ‘out riding alone’ is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being,…
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The thing about Republicans is that they don’t care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in…
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Respect and fear are two different things. Jane Smiley
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Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for…
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When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn…
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I was an only child. I’ve known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber…
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Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer’s is coming mocks all one’s aspirations – to tell stories, to think through certain issues as…
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Vets do what doctors used to – diagnose the injury or the condition, patch it up as best they can…
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