Joyce Carol Oates

Truth Quotes

. . . there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful. -
Joyce Carol Oates
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Inspirational Quotes

A daydreamer is prepared for most things. -
Joyce Carol Oates

Truth Quotes

And this is the forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo - that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to make of us not simply victims, as nature and accident do, but active accomplices. -
Joyce Carol Oates
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Death Quotes

Death is just the last scene of the last act. -
Joyce Carol Oates

Inspirational Quotes

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space. -
Joyce Carol Oates
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Love Quotes

In love there are two things - bodies and words. -
Joyce Carol Oates