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Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“All actors are whores. They want only one thing: to seduce you.”

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Joyce Carol Oates is a renowned American author born on June 16, 1938. Her works span various literary forms such as novels, poetry, and drama, known for her unique narrative techniques and profound thematic explorations. more

“I almost said, you're not broken, you're just going through something. But i couldn't. She knew. There was something terribly wrong with her, all the way inside. She was like a big diamond with a dead spot in the middle. I was supposed to breathe life into that dead spot, but it hadn't worked.”

Way Said Bigs Middle Broken Breathe Spots Emptiness Diamond Detachment Numbness

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“Dear girl! Life is addictive. Yet we must live.”

Life Is Girl Dear

Author:Joyce Carol Oates

“Go where the pleasure is in your writing. Go where the pain is. Write the book you would like to read. Write the book you have been trying to find but have not found. But write. And remember, there are no rules for our profession. Ignore rules. Ignore what I say here if it doesn't help you. Do it your own way. Every writer knows fear and discouragement. Just write.The world is crying for new writing. It is crying for fresh and original voices and new characters and new stories. If you won't write the classics of tomorrow, well, we will not have any.”

Ifs Knows World Way Writing Trying Wells Has Beens Book Character Helping Stories Pain Remember Found Voice Pleasure Cry Tomorrow Originals Profession Discouragement

Author:Anne Rice

“How vast was a human being's capacity for suffering. The only thing you could do was stand in awe of it. It wasn't a question of survival at all. It was the fullness of it, how much could you hold, how much could you care.”

Humans Care Suffering Human Beings Survival Capacity Awe Fullness Oleanders

Author:Janet Fitch

“Love is a check, that can be forged, that can be cashed. Love is a payment that comes due.”

Love Is Dues Checks Payment Forged

Author:Janet Fitch

“When you started thinking it was easy, you were forgetting what it cost.”

Thinking Easy Forget Cost Oleanders

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“I imagined my soul taking in these words like silicated water in the Petrified Forest, turning my wood to patterned agate. I liked it when my mother shaped me this way. I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter's hand.”

Way Feels Soul Hands Mother Water Woods Forests My Soul Clay Potters

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“Beauty is a question of optics. All sight is illusion.”

Illusion Sight Optics

Author:Joyce Carol Oates

“For what is delusion but the prelude to hurt. And what is hurt but the prelude to rage.”

Hurt Rage Delusion Prelude

Author:Joyce Carol Oates

“You can't take the sky from me.”

Freedom Sky Possibility Human Spirit Firefly

Author:Joss Whedon

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