The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares Quotes

“Only in love is there trust - even the possibility of trust.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares

“Our lives are Mobius strips, misery and wonder simultaneously. Our destinies are infinite, and infinitely recurring.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares

“As long as you're in motion, your perspective is obscured. Only when you reach the summit and turn to look back, can you be at peace.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares

“Civilization is faces, "appearances": when these collapse, civilization collapses as well.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares

“At bedtime the demon brother sank into sleep with the abruptness of a rock sinking into dark water, come to rest in the soft dark mud below.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares

“Our lives are Möbius strips, misery and wonder simultaneously. Our destinies are infinite, and infinitely recurring. In”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Corn Maiden: and Other Nightmares