More quotes by Joyce Carol Oates

"A daydreamer is prepared for most things."
"The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love."
"The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love."
"Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst."
"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul."