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  1. Joyce Carol Oates _ Beasts

    Dominique {who, like other Catamount girls, had a cache of pills for every occasion} offered me a bennie- Benzedrine?- to elevate my spirits. Adamantly I told her, No thanks! I wanted to face what's called reality with my eyes open.I've made that a principle for my life. Sometimes I wonder if this has been a wise decision.
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  2. Joyce Carol Oates _ Beasts

    Lawrence is the supreme poet of Eros. No recriminations, no reproaches, no guilt, no 'morality'. For what's 'morality' but a leash around the neck? A noose? What's 'morality' but what other people want you to do, for their own, selfish, unstated purposes?
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  3. Joyce Carol Oates _ Beasts

    We are beasts and this is our consolation.
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  4. Joyce Carol Oates _ Beasts

    The distinction between "assistant" and intern" is a simple one: assistants are paid, interns are not.But of course interns are paid, in experience.
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  5. Joyce Carol Oates _ Beasts

    This was before voice mail, recorded phone messages you can't escape. Life was easier then. You just didn't pick up the phone.
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  6. Joyce Carol Oates _ Beasts

    I love insult, it's always honest.
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