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John Updike Quotes: Yes, there is a ton of information on the web, but much of it is egregiously inaccurate, unedited, unattributed and juvenile.
         

Yes, there is a ton of information on the web, but much of it is egregiously inaccurate, unedited, unattributed and juvenile.


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We are most alive when we're in love.



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Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.



Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.



You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.



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.

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.



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

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



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.

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.



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

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



Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.



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

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





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To accept whatever comes regardless of the consequences is to be unafraid.



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...Don't let me ever hear you say, 'I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth.' Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of 'literature'? That means fiction, too, stupid.



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Do you know what I like about your program? Even when I'm running the vacuum, I can understand it.




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