Quote by Joyce Maynard
More than any other setting - more than battlefields or boardrooms

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

Other quotes by Joyce Maynard

The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what Ive written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval. – Joyce Maynard

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Fear
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Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. – Joyce Maynard

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Experience
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To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it. – Joyce Maynard

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alone
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Family is just accident…. They don’t mean to get on your nerves. They don’t even mean to be your family, they just are. – Marsha Norman

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When I do get free time, I spend a lot of it at home with my family and my close friends and I think thats what keeps me happy, healthy, grounded, and totally in check. – Leighton Meester

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Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: theres always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires. – Marcelene Cox

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I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family. – Al Roker

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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. – Leon Trotsky

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