Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics...

Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics...

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,...

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...

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

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

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

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...

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things; bodies and words

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

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

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what...

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what...

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.

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

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...

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body...

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body...

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...

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...

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

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

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

My husband and I have figured out a really good system about the housework: neither...

My husband and I have figured out a really good system about the housework: neither...

The scorn men express for a male who does housework is exceeded only by their...

The scorn men express for a male who does housework is exceeded only by their...