Joyce Carol Oates Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: b. June 16, 1938
Birthday: June 16
It's a taboo subject. How the dead are betrayed by the living. We who are living--we who have survived--understand that our guilt is what links us to the dead. At all times we can hear them calling to us, a growing incredulity in their voices, You will not forget me -- will you? How can you forget me? I have no one but you.
topic: Voice, Guilt, Calling, Incredulity
