Joyce Carol OatesA mouth of no distinction but well practiced, before I entered my teens, in irony. For what is irony but the repository of hurt? And what is hurt but the repository of hope?
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This quote by Agatha Christie applies to a lot of people. The power to make friends and enemies may be something that is not as clearly defined as we would like it to be, but it is something that people try very hard to master. It’s as much as a challenge as it is a skill to put your tongue for the right word at the right time, and if you’ve practiced long enough, it can become almost second nature. Ironic words and phrases, such as “It’s not what you say; it’s how you say it,” and “The pen is mightier than the sword,” are examples of phrases that could easily be considered ironic. When we choose our words carefully and use them in the right situations, we can effectively change how others see us or even how we see ourselves.
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More Quotes By Joyce Carol Oates
- The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.
- In love there are two things - bodies and words.
- A daydreamer is prepared for most things.
- If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space.
- 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.