Quotes of Joyce Carol Oates

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How does the poet transform his banal thoughts into such stunning forms, into beauty?

- Joyce Carol Oates

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“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good. ”

- P.C. Cast

“ We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again. ”

- Rick Riordan

“ Love is the beauty of the soul. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ Life is good! It is only our thoughts, choices and actions towards the situations we meet in life each moment of time that makes life look bad! The same bad situation in life that makes one person think badly inspires another to do a noble thing! The same good situation in life that makes one person feel so good to get into a bad situation inspires another person to create another good situation because of the good situation. It is all about thoughts, choices and actions! Life is good! Live it well! ”

- Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“ Fake it 'till you make it. ”

- Gayle Forman

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. ”

- Anonymous

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

“ The more one judges, the less one loves. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ We accept some black people, receive some white people, embrace some Asian people, and welcome some mixed people, but God commands us to love all people. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do. ”

- RuPaul

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will?? ”

- Marilyn Monroe

“ Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it. ”

- Rabindranath Tagore

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ I spend most nights at home falling in love with the idea of you. ”

- Michael Faudet

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ Don't be pushed by your problems;be led by your dreams. Believe in you. ”

- Vasso Charalambous

“ Hope is a waking dream. ”

- Aristotle