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John Updike Quotes: We are each of us like our little blue planet, hung in black space, upheld by nothing but our mutual reassurances, our loving lies.
         

We are each of us like our little blue planet, hung in black space, upheld by nothing but our mutual reassurances, our loving lies.


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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.



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Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.



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The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.



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It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.



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Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.



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So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.





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