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Must Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates
- Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that…
- Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books. It may be the case that we…
- To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must…
- To write a novel is to embark on a quest that is very romantic. People have visions, and the next step is to execute them.…
- We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we…
- It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so…
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- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in… — Aristophanes
- High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on… — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle