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Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

Joyce Carol Oates quotes

American Novelist, Writer June 16, 1938

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We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once it’s gone – its value is incontestable. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or..."
If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity..."
Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "That's how a thing starts out real then ends up just an idea."
That's how a thing starts out real then ends up just an idea. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Her problem wasn't she was a dumb blonde, it was she wasn't a..."
Her problem wasn't she was a dumb blonde, it was she wasn't a blonde and she wasn't dumb. Joyce Carol Oates
It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Writing is a consequence of having been 'haunted' by material...."
Writing is a consequence of having been 'haunted' by material. Why this is, no one knows. Joyce Carol Oates
Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics - except the entire universe itself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: " such speculation is like staring into the hot white sun. you..."
... such speculation is like staring into the hot white sun. you know the sun is there but you can't see a thing. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "These are the moments for which we live."
These are the moments for which we live. Joyce Carol Oates
for politics is in its essence as Adams had said the 'systematic organiztion of hatred': either you were organized or you were not Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: " her Quaker instincts led her to apologize for wrongs not her..."
... her Quaker instincts led her to apologize for wrongs not her own to minimize conflict. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "The worst cynicism: a belief in luck."
The worst cynicism: a belief in luck. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from..."
Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality. Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me."
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me. Joyce Carol Oates

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