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Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.

Joyce Carol Oates
Passion, Humility, Atheism
"Invented symbols". www.nytimes.com. January 05, 2006.

Never be ashamed of your subject, and of your passion for your subject.

Joyce Carol Oates
Passion, Ashamed, Subjects
Joyce Carol Oates (2009). “The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art”, p.23, Zondervan

To love life for some men is to love fighting, for fighting, and not love, is seen as man's deepest passion.

Joyce Carol Oates
Passion, Love Life, Fighting
Joyce Carol Oates (1989). “(Woman) writer: occasions and opportunities”, Plume

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