Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

American writer

Lived from: 1938 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: United States

Born: 16 june 1938

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• In love there are two things - bodies and words.

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• It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim.

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• Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics - except the entire universe itself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity.

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• The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

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• We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

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• When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.

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Subjects in these quotes:

• possession
• accidental
• universe
• accident
• divinity
• cynicism

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