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Joyce Maynard Quotes

Joyce Maynard quotes about love

American Writer November 5, 1953

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Joyce Maynard quote: "Many women my age have known the experience of giving up..."
Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love. Joyce Maynard
No doubt Richard's father, like my mother, had once held his infant son in his arms, looked into the eyes of his child's mother, and believed they would move into the future together with love. The fact that they didn't was a weight each of us carried, as every child does, probably, whose parents no longer live under the same roof. Wherever it is you make your home, there is always this other place, this other person, calling to you. Come to me. Come back. Joyce Maynard
When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about girls who love horses or go to nursing school. I belonged to the Girl Scouts and got A's in school and rarely disobeyed my parents. I still kept a collection of Barbie dolls in my room, and I almost never spoke to boys. Joyce Maynard
Sex is a drug, Eleanor had told me. When sex enters into a situation, people lose all reason. They do things they would never do otherwise. These things they do may be crazy. May even be dangerous. May break their hearts, or someone else's... The real drug, I came to believe, was love. Joyce Maynard
Joyce Maynard quote: "The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly..."
The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn. Joyce Maynard
Joyce Maynard quote: "The real drug, I came to believe, was love."
The real drug, I came to believe, was love. Joyce Maynard

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