Hazards of Time Travel Quotes

“Relief is happiness for those who, otherwise, would have no happiness.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Hazards of Time Travel

“The striking thing about self-knowledge is that it may be lacking.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Hazards of Time Travel

“The curiosity of the book was that, as you held it, and “read” it, you felt an intimate connection with it as with a living thing, which you did not feel with an eBook; as soon as you were finished with the eBook, you stored it, or deleted it; you felt no sentiment or particular ownership.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Hazards of Time Travel

“En el Exilio te agarras a lo que tienes, a lo que no te han quitado (todavía).”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Riesgos de los viajes en el tiempo

“Confiad en lo interior, no en lo exterior. Confiad en el alma, no en el Estado.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Riesgos de los viajes en el tiempo

“the swans are beautiful like figures in a dream, that seem to represent something for which there are no adequate words.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Hazards of Time Travel

“No has fracasado, aunque no hayas estado a la altura de la exaltada idea que tienes de ti misma.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Hazards of Time Travel

“There was no purpose to learning useless things, that would only clutter our brains like debris stuffed to overflowing in a trash bin.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Hazards of Time Travel

“The curiosity of the book was that,as you held it,and “read” it, you felt an intimate connection with it as with a living thing,which you did not feel with an eBook; as soon as you were finished with the eBook,you stored it,or deleted it;you felt no sentiment or particular ownership. You could not see it on a shelf or a table,you could not admire its design. In effect,it had been Deleted.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Hazards of Time Travel