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Nothing comes of so many things, if you have patience.
Joyce Carol Oates
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Joyce Carol Oates
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: June 16
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A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.
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I could EAT YOUR HEART & asshole you'd never know it.
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