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~ Joyce Carol Oates Quotes ~
« on: January 30, 2015, 01:04:11 PM »
Joyce Carol Oates Quotes


An American author.
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novel them (1969) won the National Book Award, and her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000) were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. As of 2008, Oates is the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University, where she has taught since 1978.

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The worst cynicism a belief in luck.
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A daydreamer is prepared for most things.
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Boxing has become America's tragic theater.
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2015, 01:05:41 PM »
It's where we go and what we do when we get there that tells us who we are.
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2015, 01:06:08 PM »
Only when men are connected to large universal goals are they really happy-and one result of their happiness is a rush of creative activity.
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2015, 01:06:42 PM »
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.
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2015, 01:07:09 PM »
When you're fifty you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity-but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.
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