"The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love."

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Source : Joyce Carol Oates (1998). “The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque”, E P Dutton

Joyce Carol Oates

#Life Quotes #Memorable Quotes #Unrequited Love Quotes

“A girl doesn't notice unfairness until she falls in love”
“I've been fortunate. I've had no residual effects whatsoever. I got out just in time.”

Source : Sport Illustrated Interview, www.si.com. November 29, 2004.
“The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world.”
“A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing.”
“Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.”
“In the last analysis, home happiness depends on the wife. Her spirit gives the home its atmosphere. Her hands fashion its beauty. Her heart makes its love. And the end is so worthy, so noble, so divine, that no woman who has been called to be a wife, and has listened to the call, should consider any price too great to pay, to be the light, the joy, the blessing, the inspiration of a home.”
“When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You have to understand, child. Everyone wants someone in their life, someone who cares for them, someone they can care for. Even a queen.”

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