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Because nothing between human beings is uncomplicated and there's no way to speak of human beings without simplifying and misrepresenting them.

Because nothing between human beings is uncomplicated and there’s no way to speak of human beings without simplifying and misrepresenting them.
– Joyce Carol Oates

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  3. See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there’s a reason. There has to be – Joyce Carol Oates
  4. Can compromise be an art? Yes–but a minor art. – Joyce Carol Oates
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  9. Popular! In America, what else matters? – Joyce Carol Oates
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  25. We are Not a Human Beings having a spiritual experience : we are spiritual beings having a Human Experience ! – Suraj Dahal
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