I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

It is a curious feature of our existance that we come from a planet that is very good at promoting life but even better at extinguishing it.

I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.

What is destiny—a mechanical fact, a theoretical possibility, a concept, a superstition, a mere word? Ian McCullough was inclined to think one or another of these depending upon his mood. Destiny, the seemingly benign verso of fate.

Written By Joyce Carol Oates

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