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Joyce Carol Oates, A Widow's Story Quotes: "That I was sleeping at a time when my husband was dying is so horrible a thought, I can’t confront it."

That I was sleeping at a time when my husband was dying is so horrible a thought, I can’t confront it.



Joyce Carol Oates, A Widow's Story Quotes: "She will speculate that she didn’t fully know her husband—this will give her leverage to seek him, to come to know him. It will keep her husband “alive” in her memory—elusive, teasing."

She will speculate that she didn’t fully know her husband—this will give her leverage to seek him, to come to know him. It will keep her husband “alive” in her memory—elusive, teasing.




Joyce Carol Oates, A Widow's Story Quotes: "How exhausted I am suddenly!—though this has been Ray’s best day in the hospital so far, and we are feeling—almost—exhilarated."

How exhausted I am suddenly!—though this has been Ray’s best day in the hospital so far, and we are feeling—almost—exhilarated.



Joyce Carol Oates, A Widow's Story Quotes: "It is the most horrific thought—my husband died among strangers."

It is the most horrific thought—my husband died among strangers.




Joyce Carol Oates, A Widow's Story Quotes: "The coolly calibrated manipulation of the credulous American public, by an administration bent upon stoking paranoid patriotism!"

The coolly calibrated manipulation of the credulous American public, by an administration bent upon stoking paranoid patriotism!



Joyce Carol Oates, A Widow's Story Quotes: "The gardener is the quintessential optimist: not only does he believe that the future will bear out the fruits of his efforts, he believes in the future."

The gardener is the quintessential optimist: not only does he believe that the future will bear out the fruits of his efforts, he believes in the future.



Joyce Carol Oates, A Widow's Story Quotes: "For writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy, freedom."

For writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. But an advantage of loneliness is privacy, autonomy, freedom.




Joyce Carol Oates, A Widow's Story Quotes: "It is utterly naive, futile, uninformed—to think that our species is exceptional. So designated to master the beasts of the Earth, as in the Book of Genesis!"

It is utterly naive, futile, uninformed—to think that our species is exceptional. So designated to master the beasts of the Earth, as in the Book of Genesis!