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“There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets.”

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Joyce Maynard is an American author known for her short stories and essays. Born on November 5, 1953, she has gained recognition in the literary world for her unique writing style and profound emotional insight. more

“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.”

“Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality.”

Ideas Reality Development Determined

Author:Thom Mayne

“It seems to me that for Darwin the pulsing of evolutionary rates was a strictly vertical phenomenon.”

Seems Rate Phenomenon Vertical

Book:Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist

Source: Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist

“If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.”

Source: Strictly for laughs

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