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Letter "J" » Joyce Carol Oates Quotes
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«Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.»
«Our house is made of glass . . . and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect ourselves.»
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«Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.»
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«Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.»
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«To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up.»
«Boxing has become America's tragic theater.»
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«The Falls ... a story written with Shakespearean proportions, pitting the power of blood ties against the needs of the individual and the larger community.»
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«When I first began publishing, I was writing short stories and novels about subjects that only men were writing about -- violence and men's lives,»
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«I feel that in my novel I'm trying to re-address that imbalance and allow people to see that Norma Jeane was quite sensitive and intelligent, ... She read a great deal, she tried to write poetry. She was hoping to be a serious actress. But in a sense, it was too late because the American public just wanted the stereotype from her.»
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«Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.»
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