Joyce Maynard quotes - page 2

I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves. (Joyce Maynard)
I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level. View quote
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I continued to protect him with my silence. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama. View quote
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Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old. View quote
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There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets. View quote
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The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families. View quote
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Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity. View quote
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More than any other setting - more than battlefields or boardrooms or a spaceship headed for intergalactic travel - I'll put my money on the family to provide an endless source of comedy, tragedy and intrigue. (Joyce Maynard)
Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose mother "worked" at anything besides raising her children. View quote
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