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Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

Joyce Carol Oates quotes about hope

American Novelist, Writer June 16, 1938

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Joyce Carol Oates quote: "I was trying not to be happy, hopeful. I did not believe I..."
I was trying not to be happy, hopeful. I did not believe I deserved happiness or even hope, if you knew my soul. Joyce Carol Oates
Our great American philosopher William James has said - "We have as many personalities as there are people who know us." To which I would add "We have no personalities unless there are people who know us. Unless there are people we hope to convince that we deserve to exist. Joyce Carol Oates
Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating. Joyce Carol Oates
A mouth of no distinction but well practiced, before I entered my teens, in irony. For what is irony but the repository of hurt? And what is hurt but the repository of hope? Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Keep a light, hopeful heart. But expect the worst."
Keep a light, hopeful heart. But expect the worst. Joyce Carol Oates

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