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Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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

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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 can't understand how people can settle for having just one life. I remember we were in English class and we were talking about that poem by - that one guy. David Frost. 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood-' You know this poem, right? 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could, to where it bent in the undergrowth-" "I loved that poem. But I remember thinking to myself: Why? How come you can't travel both? That seemed really unfair to me.”

People Thinking Knows Long I Can Two Remember Guy Talking Class Sorry Woods Settling Just One Yellow Unfair Traveler Bent Frost Two Roads English Class

Book:Await Your Reply: A Novel

Source: Await Your Reply: A Novel

“For God’s sake, let us be men not monkeys minding machines or sitting with our tails curled while the machine amuses us, the radio or film or gramophone. Monkeys with a bland grin on our faces.”

Men Film Faces Sitting Machines Sake Radio Tails Monkeys Be A Man Bland

Book:The Letters of D. H. Lawrence

Source: The Letters of D. H. Lawrence

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