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Joyce Maynard quotes: I had known there had been a serial killer on Mount Tamalpais, and it felt so incongruous in such a beautiful, peaceful spot. I had known there had been a serial killer on Mount Tamalpais, and it felt so incongruous in such a beautiful, peaceful spot.
Joyce Maynard quotes: I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level. I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.
Joyce Maynard quotes: The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art. The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.
Joyce Maynard quotes: There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets. There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets.
Joyce Maynard quotes: The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families. The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.
Joyce Maynard quotes: A lot of your problem was in your head. You see yourself screwing up, it's going to happen. A lot of your problem was in your head. You see yourself screwing up, it's going to happen.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Daughters," he told her as they dug. "Nothing better than a good daughter. Daughters," he told her as they dug. "Nothing better than a good daughter.
Joyce Maynard quotes: The process of writing has always started for me when I put myself in a place where no one distracts me. The process of writing has always started for me when I put myself in a place where no one distracts me.
Joyce Maynard quotes: You like to think you can count on a person. To hang around You like to think you can count on a person. To hang around
Joyce Maynard quotes: The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell. The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Some family's boat capsized at Lake Winnipesaukee the day before and now they were looking for the father's body. Some family's boat capsized at Lake Winnipesaukee the day before and now they were looking for the father's body.
Joyce Maynard quotes: 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. 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 quotes: You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know. You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones. Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.
Joyce Maynard quotes: When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material. When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material.
Joyce Maynard quotes: The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes. The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.
Joyce Maynard quotes: For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously. For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously.
Joyce Maynard quotes: I've had some wonderful successes and some extreme disappointments in my career and my life. I've had some wonderful successes and some extreme disappointments in my career and my life.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power. Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power.
Joyce Maynard quotes: One life is not enough for me. I want to go lots of places. One life is not enough for me. I want to go lots of places.
Joyce Maynard quotes: No, I said. I didn't remember that. There was so much to remember, sometimes the best thing was to forget. No, I said. I didn't remember that. There was so much to remember, sometimes the best thing was to forget.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Every child, woman, and man should possess license to speak or sing in his or her true voice. Every child, woman, and man should possess license to speak or sing in his or her true voice.
Joyce Maynard quotes: I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama. I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.
Joyce Maynard quotes: It's a great thing when a man knows how to dance, she said. When a man can dance, the world is his oyster.Adele, Henry's Mother It's a great thing when a man knows how to dance, she said. When a man can dance, the world is his oyster.
Adele, Henry's Mother
Joyce Maynard quotes: A person who deserves my loyalty receives it. A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.
Joyce Maynard quotes: She was in love with love. She was in love with love.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love. Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.
Joyce Maynard quotes: [On home births:] In a house where there had been three people, there were now four, although no one had come in the door. [On home births:] In a house where there had been three people, there were now four, although no one had come in the door.
Joyce Maynard quotes: There was a way of looking at the world where practically every single thing that happened had some kind of double meaning. There was a way of looking at the world where practically every single thing that happened had some kind of double meaning.
Joyce Maynard quotes: If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life. If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them. Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them.
Joyce Maynard quotes: She felt everything too deeply, it was like the world was too much for her. She felt everything too deeply, it was like the world was too much for her.
Joyce Maynard quotes: I tried to think of what my father would tell me. 'Don't let any boy give you shit.' But he'd never said how we should go about preventing this. I tried to think of what my father would tell me. 'Don't let any boy give you shit.' But he'd never said how we should go about preventing this.
Joyce Maynard quotes: My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer? My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?
Joyce Maynard quotes: If you act like something's too hard, it will be, he said. You got to believe it's possible. If you act like something's too hard, it will be, he said. You got to believe it's possible.
Joyce Maynard quotes: A good home must be made, not bought. In the end, it's not track lighting or a sun room that brings light into a kitchen. A good home must be made, not bought. In the end, it's not track lighting or a sun room that brings light into a kitchen.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old. Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.
Joyce Maynard quotes: I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story. I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story.
Joyce Maynard quotes: A good home must be made, not bought. A good home must be made, not bought.
Joyce Maynard quotes: It is not the task of a reader to please her subjects. It is not the task of a reader to please her subjects.
Joyce Maynard quotes: It troubles me that people speak about writing for money as ugly and distasteful. It troubles me that people speak about writing for money as ugly and distasteful.
Joyce Maynard quotes: The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn. The portrait of my parents is a complicated one,
but lovingly drawn.
Joyce Maynard quotes: It's like life: sometimes the littlest thing turns out to be the most important. It's like life: sometimes the littlest thing turns out to be the most important.
Joyce Maynard quotes: The real drug, I came to believe, was love. The real drug, I came to believe, was love.
Joyce Maynard quotes: If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself. If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Weary soldiers who went through a war together, side by Weary soldiers who went through a war together, side by
Joyce Maynard quotes: I continued to protect him with my silence. I continued to protect him with my silence.
Joyce Maynard quotes: Love doesn't come and go when it's real. Love is supposed to be constant. Love doesn't come and go when it's real. Love is supposed to be constant.

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