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Art is the highest expression of the human spirit.
Joyce Carol Oates
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Joyce Carol Oates
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: June 16
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In a family, what isn't spoken is what you listen for. But the noise of a family is to drown it out.
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Every scar in my face is worth it.
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Reading yields a wish to write, I think, except if the reading is dull and uninspiring.
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The folly of war is that it can have no natural end except in the extinction an entire people.
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