When I was 12 years old, I read Nancy Drew mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about girls who love horses o…

- Joyce Maynard

Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them.

- Joyce Maynard

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

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.

- Joyce Maynard

Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.

- Joyce Maynard

Wherever it is you make your home, there is always this other place, this other person, calling to you. Come to me. Come back.

- Joyce Maynard

A good home must be made, not bought. In the end, it's not track lighting or a sun room that brings light into a kitchen.

- Joyce Maynard

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

- Joyce Maynard

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what w…

- Joyce Maynard