If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life.
—Joyce Maynard
Topics: Wishes
The word no carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.
—Joyce Maynard
Topics: Parenting, Parents
There’s no understanding the future without the present, and no understanding where we are now without a glance, a least, to where we have been.
—Joyce Maynard
A good home must be made, not bought.
—Joyce Maynard
Topics: One liners, Home
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