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

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

“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.”

“. . . there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful.”

“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”

“There are only two things worse then an empty canvas: death and taxes.”

“Make death proud to take us.”

“There is some delight in ale and wine”

“You have entered an abnormal, lonely, and unwelcome new world where you are nothing but an island of sadness.”

“If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?”

“What branch does not have its leaves and which twig will not have its flowers?”