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

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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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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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Home
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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 want to make sure my familys straight. – Lil Wayne

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My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. Thats a huge, huge thing. – Gwen Stefani

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Except for naval and air exercises, our military should be stationed on American soil, where service men and women can lead normal lives in close proximity to family and friends. – Camille Paglia

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Even if you plan a marriage and a family, you are never quite prepared for the reality versus how you imagined it. In a lot of ways its better, and in a lot of ways its worse. Thats life, right? – Katherine Heigl

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