One of the profound effects of economics in our day is that the people with the money and the power have embraced the guilt-free, external-less, everything-will-turn-out-okay-in-the-end philosophy of economics in order to justify their own evil works. And the economists, for the most part, have sucked up to that money.
Jane SmileyA horse herd was, in its very essence, the manifestation of the expression 'It's always something.
Jane SmileyBut what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses
Jane SmileyWrite every day, just to keep in the habit, and remember that whatever you have written is neither as good nor as bad as you think it is. Just keep going, and tell yourself that you will fix it later.
Jane Smiley