English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

That glass sliver in the heart. Amid a fluttery-delicious Benzedrine rush, virtually every remark made to you is freighted with destiny, a sweet-painful stab in the heart. And Benzedrine and champagne, what a combination! The Blond Actress was only just discovering what everybody else in Hollywood knew.

Joyce Carol Oates

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate's: Souls know no conquerors. John Dryden
Alison Bechdel quote: "Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them."
Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them. Alison Bechdel
Jimmy Haynes quote: "The last two years we got beat in this round. They came out..."
The last two years we got beat in this round. They came out with the motivation to win. Jimmy Haynes
It is easier to bear the worries of wandering than to find peace in your hometown, where only the sage can live in a happy house surrounded by trite troubles and daily distractions. Herman Hesse
Howard Nemerov quote: "When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new..."
When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all. Howard Nemerov
One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it. Kristi Yamaguchi
Joel Siegel quote: "I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a..."
I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair. Joel Siegel
George Chakiris quote: "No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible."
No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible. George Chakiris
What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there's another force from inside battling to make us something else. Nadine Gordimer
There are only two things you can do when you're dressed like Barbie Does Bondage; you can be embarrassed or you can be aggressive. Guess what my choice was. Laurell K. Hamilton
As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too. Johnny Depp
Archibald Alexander quote: "God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as..."
God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner. Archibald Alexander
Candace Parker quote: "I think it's great that young girls have the WNBA to look up..."
I think it's great that young girls have the WNBA to look up to now. Candace Parker
I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone. Ian MacKaye
Paul Graham quote: "For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is..."
For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is obsolete. Paul Graham