Quote by Joyce Maynard
At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood. – Joyce Maynard

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More than any other setting – more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel – Ill put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue. – Joyce Maynard

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If people choose to live their life in a way that does not confront the more troubling aspects of their experience, thats fine, if it works for them. But it will probably make them uncomfortable if they come up against somebody like me. So they just shouldnt! They shouldnt read my work! – Joyce Maynard

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Experience
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I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughters age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves. – Joyce Maynard

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I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words ice queen attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. Theres this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background. – Kristin Scott Thomas

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Its like kids playing house: You play the father, Ill play the mother. You know, you dress up, you play, they pay, you go home. Its a game – actings a game. – Robert Duvall

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Home

When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasnt the old home you missed but your childhood. – Sam Ewing

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I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. Its here where my heart is and will forever be. – Michael D. Higgins

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Home

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