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"The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval."

Joyce Maynard on Fear

More quotes about Fear

  • "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."

    John F. Kennedy on Fear

  • "Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future."

    Audrey Hepburn on Fear

  • "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."

    Thomas Paine on Fear

  • "We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict."

    Jim Morrison on Fear

  • "What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it."

    Jiddu Krishnamurti on Fear

More quotes by Joyce Maynard

  • "Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love."

  • "I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves."

  • "To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it."

  • "Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love."

  • "Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful."

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