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Joyce Maynard

"Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones."

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Joyce Maynard
"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."

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Joyce Maynard
"I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level."

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Joyce Maynard
"The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval."

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Joyce Maynard
"Teach a child to play solitaire, and she'll be able to entertain herself when there's no one around. Teach her tennis, and she'll know what to do when she's on a court. But raise her to feel comfortable in nature, and the whole planet is her home."

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Joyce Maynard
"If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life."

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Joyce Maynard
"I continued to protect him with my silence."

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Joyce Maynard
"A person who deserves my loyalty receives it."

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Joyce Maynard
"The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn."

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Joyce Maynard
"I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story."

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Joyce Maynard
"At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood."

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Aberjhani

"I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise."

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Aberjhani

"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."

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Aberjhani

"Expectations create and shape reality."

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Aberjhani

"Long ago, before I had ever seen a diamond, I read about them and I tried to imagine what they would be like ... When I saw a real diamond in a lady's ring one day I was so disappointed I cried. Of course, it was very lovely but it wasn't my idea of a diamond."

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Aberjhani

"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."

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Aberjhani

"Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you."

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"What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven."

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Aberjhani

"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."

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"I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life."

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"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."

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