Who said "Nature teaches us about the cycle of life and death."?

This quote is attributed to Joyce Carol Oates.

Nature teaches us about the cycle of life and death. - Joyce Carol Oates

"Nature teaches us about the cycle of life and death."

Joyce Carol Oates Nature

Novelist American Born 1938 (age 88)

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