Joyce Maynard Stories Quotations

If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power.

I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.

I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story.