Every child, woman, and man should possess license to speak or sing in his or her true voice. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
“Daughters," he told her as they dug. "Nothing better than a good daughter.” — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
One of the sad realities of being a parent is that the same stuff you know is exciting, educational, and enriching in… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Teach a child to play solitaire, and she'll be able to entertain herself when there's no one around. Teach her tennis, and… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
It's sad but true that if you focus your attention on housework and meal preparation and diapers, raising children does start to… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
In the event of an oxygen shortage on airplanes, mothers of young children are always reminded to put on their own oxygen… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that over the years my children will find plenty of things about me to criticize. But something tells… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
I'd known enough flush times and lean ones to understand that money came and went. And that one day I'd also lose… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
“No doubt Richard's father, like my mother, had once held his infant son in his arms, looked into the eyes of his… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
No, I said. I didn't remember that. There was so much to remember, sometimes the best thing was to forget. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
“I tried to think of what my father would tell me. 'Don't let any boy give you shit.' But he'd never said how we… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
“It’s like life: sometimes the littlest thing turns out to be the most important.” — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
I have no doubt that over the years my children will find plenty of things about me to criticize. But something tells me that… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
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,… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
“They seemed to arrive at some form of friendship. Maybe they were like a couple of weary soldiers who went through a war together,… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
In the event of an oxygen shortage on airplanes, mothers of young children are always reminded to put on their own oxygen mask first,… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share
