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She wasn't in love but she would love him, if that would save her.
Joyce Carol Oates
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Joyce Carol Oates
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: June 16
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Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred temple, books might safely reside.
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I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth.
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