Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for...

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for...

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there...

Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there...

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying...

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to...

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to...

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

In love there are two things -- bodies and words.

In love there are two things -- bodies and words.

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things; bodies and words

My heart is yours to Fill or Burst.. To Break or Bury.. Or wear as...

My heart is yours to Fill or Burst.. To Break or Bury.. Or wear as...

The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.

The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.

Let those love now, who never loved before; let those who always loved, now love...

Let those love now, who never loved before; let those who always loved, now love...

Come live with me and be my love, and we will some new pleasures prove,...

Come live with me and be my love, and we will some new pleasures prove,...