WIST Quotations

Oates, Joyce Carol -- “Down the Road,” New Yorker (27 Mar 1985)

Dave — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:44:42 +0000

Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make famous.

Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938) American author
“Down the Road,” New Yorker (27 Mar 1985)

See Euripides.

Oates, Joyce Carol -- “On Boxing,” On Boxing (1987)

Dave — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:31:27 +0000

I can entertain the proposition that life is a metaphor for boxing — for one of those bouts that go on and on, round following round, jabs, missed punches, clinches, nothing determined, again the bell and again and you and your opponent so evenly matched it’s impossible not to see your opponent is you.

Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938) American author
“On Boxing,” On Boxing (1987)
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Oates, Joyce Carol -- Do With Me What You Will, ch. 6 (1970)

Dave — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:36:57 +0000

The plaque at the front of the courtroom, high on the wall, was permanent and yet its words were new each time Jack read them, read them half against his will, his eyes moving restlessly forward and up to them while testimony droned on: Conscience Speaks the Truth.

Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938) American author
Do With Me What You Will, ch. 6 (1970)
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