Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we are.

Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

In the end, thats what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics...

In the end, thats what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics...