"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul."

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Source : Joyce Carol Oates (1989). “(Woman) writer: occasions and opportunities”, Plume

Joyce Carol Oates

#Reading Quotes #Book Quotes #Mean Quotes

“In order to benefit; however, you must believe that life is plotting for you. We often resist this emerging impulse or this urge to emerge because we are afraid of change, right? To the ego, change is equivalent to danger or death. But when we deny this evolutionary call, it causes an inner pressure that must find an outlet, sometimes in destructive ways. And this can break out as disease, financial collapse, or relationship meltdown.”
“No matter what projects I'm taking on, I want to (do) things to help other people.”

Source : "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.
“I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.”
“I wish at times I had finished school just to say I had.”
“Did you ever walk through a room that's packed with people, and feel so lonely you can hardly take the next step?”
“[James] Baldwin explained that you have your own history, and that you cannot be responsible, for example, for slavery.”
“The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.”
“... I know a number of Western children who would benefit greatly if only someone were primitive enough to inhibit the development of their personalities.”

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