Quote by Joyce Maynard
Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger I resisted thinking abou

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

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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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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Family
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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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Experience
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The act of writing… is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think thats the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books. – Jodi Picoult

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Experience

Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain. – William Styron

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Experience

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. – Angela Carter

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Experience

Fatigue is what we experience, but it is what a match is to an atomic bomb. – Laura Hillenbrand

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Experience

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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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History

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. – William Shakespeare

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Gifts

I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own. – Les Dawson

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funny

A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. – Author Unknown