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> [“You don’t have to understand why anything that has happened to you has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains. A”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/you-don-t-have-to-understand-why-anything-that-has-happened-to-you/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [You don't have to understand why anything that has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/you-don-t-have-to-understand-why-anything-that-has-happened-nor-do/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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