Jane Smiley Quote

I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists.

Those who are truly grateful are deeply moved by the privilege of living.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnit...

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Just because your heart is beating, doesn't mean you're alive.

If we could get your subconscious mind to agree with your conscious mind about being happy, that's when your positive thoughts work.

Transparency means to dedicate our thoughts and efforts to non privacy rules and not to defend negative intelligence ideas or surveillance programs.

The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.