“She could feel these hands tremble, and she could feel Mr. Kidder’s excitement. How eager she was to be gone from this… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Time is the enemy of lovers. Worse even than the frank light of day.” — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“If this was a flirtation — and it felt like a flirtation — it was like no other flirtation in Katya’s experience:… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
You people who have survived childhood don't remeber any longer what it was like. You think children are whole, uncomplicated creatures, and… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Since thirteen, she’d been preparing. She wasn’t beautiful like these Bayhead Harbor girls, but it was surprising how men sometimes looked at… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“NO KISS FORGOTTEN; it resides in the memory as in the flesh, and so Katya many times felt the press of Marcus… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
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