Quote by Joyce Maynard
To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the sto

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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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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Age
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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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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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Liberal that I am, I support health-care reform on its merits alone. My liberal blood boils, for example, when I read that half of the personal bankruptcies in this country are brought on, in part, by medical expenses. – Thomas Frank

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Its an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. Thats always been a tug of war for me. – Jodie Foster

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alone

Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone. – Annie Dillard

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alone

Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism go deep into our evolutionary past. – Jonathan Sacks

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In politics stupidity is not a handicap. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure? – Ernest Hemingway

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A good laugh is sunshine in the house. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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