Friday, January 29, 2021

Joyce Carol Oates / Two Quotes

Joyce Carol Oates
by David Levine


TWO QUOTES
by Joyce Carol Oates

Age and Aging

When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity -- but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.

Men and Women

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim.










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