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Food doesn't exist, but can only be invented. And reinvented.
Joyce Carol Oates
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Joyce Carol Oates
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: June 16
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And so you must grant to God what is God and not try to think of what you have lost, for that way is madness.
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I am what would be called a 'mainstream feminist,' not a radical feminist.
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Like a flame is real enough, isn't it, while it's burning?-even if there's a time it goes out?
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Perhaps the inevitable tragedy of our complex civilization is that we must be specialists in our fields - and our fields have become increasingly difficult, so that communication is nearly impossible.
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The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.
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All actors are whores. They want only one thing: to seduce you.
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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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My writing is often a way of 'bearing witness' for others who lack the education and the opportunity to tell their own stories, so I hope that my writing won't be affected too much by my personal life.
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The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.
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Language is the instrument in all cases and can language be trusted?If it were not for language, could we lie?
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