Truth Quote by Joyce Carol Oates — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“And this is the forbidden truth, the unspeakable taboo - that evil is not always repellent but frequently attractive; that it has the power to make of us not simply victims, as nature and accident do, but active accomplices.”

“The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.”

“There is something female about being dead.”

“The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole.”

“Unbidden, Unwelcome, Yet unable to resist, I entered a stranger's life”

“Truth is neither in the scripture nor in the words of prophets. It is in your heart, feel it, discover it and expand with it.”

“You can't fight hatred with hatred and expect anyone to listen to you. You can only try to lessen it with humor, wit, truth and commonsense. If that doesn't work run like hell, while they throw rocks at you.”

“There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends—always ready to meet your mood, always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that.”

“..we all do it. We talk about people we don't like until they become famous. Then we love 'em.”

“The problem you and I have, as Wrong Planet people, is not so much that we mean everything we say, but we expect that everyone else does to.”

“People are basically irritating. Myself included.”