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

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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Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love. – Joyce Maynard

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Age
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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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I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world. – Amos Oz

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I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I dont mind that. – Janet Jackson

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I bought a lot of rubbish things that kids buy: skateboards and clothes and typical teenage stuff. And, as soon as I could, I wasted a lot of money on cars – BMWs mostly – for myself and my family. – Tom Felton

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People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other peoples families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own. – Doug Coupland

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