Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics - except the entire universe itself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity.

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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,...

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

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...

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

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

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

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,...

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

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