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Life Is Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates
- A writer’s life is in his work, and that is the place to find him.
- Life is like boxing in many unsettling respects. But boxing is only like boxing.
- All that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later.
- Fiction that adds up, that suggests a "logical consistency," or an explanation of some kind, is surely second-rate fiction; for the truth of life is…
- Dear girl! Life is addictive. Yet we must live.
- And that's the insult of it, how always it comes back to a woman being a "good" mother in the world's eyes or a "bad"…
More Life Is Quotes
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
- Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. — Isaac Asimov
- The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters. — Mary Astell
- If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is… — David Attenborough
- The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing… — Margaret Atwood
- Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart. — Kevyn Aucoin
- We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and… — Saint Augustine
- The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks… — Marcus Aurelius
- Our life is what our thoughts make it. — Marcus Aurelius
- Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. — Marcus Aurelius
- To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. — Marcus Aurelius
- Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a… — Sri Aurobindo