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Joyce Maynard Quotes
A good home must be made, not bought. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
A person who deserves my loyalty receives it. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the thought of becoming the object of his wrath was more than I felt ready to take on. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughters age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
I continued to protect him with my silence. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
I felt shame and failure, for all the compromises Id made in my life. I could feel his silent disapproval of me. It was an oppressive thing. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isnt paid for what she writes. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
I have not chosen to live a particularly private life myself, I respect the decision of any man or woman who chooses to live such a life. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
I lived with a belief that I was a less worthy person for having fallen short of the approval of the man I had admired more than any other Id known. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
I wonder what it is that the people who criticize me for telling this story truly object to: is it that I have dared to tell the story? Or that the story turns out not to be the one they wanted to hear? - Joyce Maynard Quotes
If I told you about all the stories I dont tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
It is not the task of a reader to please her subjects. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
Its not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I cant tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer? - Joyce Maynard Quotes
Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
Nothing like being visible, publishing ones work, and speaking openly about ones life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of ones perfection and purity. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
Teach a child to play solitaire, and shell be able to entertain herself when theres no one around. Teach her tennis, and shell know what to do when shes on a court. But raise her to feel comfortable in nature, and the whole planet is her home. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what Ive written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
This book was written with a high level of awareness about the needs of other people in my life, and a respect for certain boundaries. - Joyce Maynard Quotes
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