I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures. -Jane Smiley

 

I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures.


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This quote is just one of 8 total Jane Smiley quotes in our collection. Jane Smiley is known for saying 'I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures.' as well as some of the following quotes.

My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's basically a conservative view of life.

Jane Smiley
260

A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.

Jane Smiley
215
Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel. -Jane Smiley
200

Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

Jane Smiley
195

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.

Jane Smiley
166
I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures. -Jane Smiley
164

As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral.

Jane Smiley
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