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Joyce Maynard

"I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes."

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"I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes."

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Donna Grant

"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."

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Donna Grant

"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

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Donna Grant

"It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego."

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Donna Grant

"Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one."

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Donna Grant

"It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning."

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Donna Grant

"Think before you act and act on what you believe."

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Donna Grant

"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

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Donna Grant

"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."

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Donna Grant

"Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."

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Donna Grant

"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."

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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."

Home

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Joyce Maynard
"Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power."

Power

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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
"I continued to protect him with my silence."

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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
"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."

Fear

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Joyce Maynard
"Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals."

Being

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

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Joyce Maynard
"Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love."

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

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