“Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.”
— John Updike
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Existence itself does not feel horrible; it
“Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.”
— John Updike
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Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and
“Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.”
— John Updike
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Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature
“Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.”
— John Updike
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The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided
“The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education.”
— John Updike
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Customs and convictions change; respectable people are
“Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.”
— John Updike
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The inner spaces that a good story
“The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion.”
— John Updike
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Now that I am sixty, I see
“Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.”
— John Updike
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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to
“Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.”
— John Updike
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Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature
“Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.”
— John Updike
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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and
“Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.”
— John Updike
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Category: poetry
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