Quotes by : Joyce Carol Oates

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

Lawrence is the supreme poet of Eros. No recriminations, no reproaches, no guilt, no 'morality'. For....

As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time.....

I have no inner life. I have no ‘intimate’ life. I am just what I-what to do. I move from one habitation....

The gardener is the quintessential optimist: not only does he believe that the future will bear out the....

There is an hour, a minute - you will remember it forever - when you know instinctively on the basis....

It was not yet known how the Revolution would develop. But Upton supposed that the arguments of the philosophical....

A daydreamer is prepared for most things.

I feel very transparent in myself. I’m more of an observer. I’m interested in what’s going on.....

For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated....