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John Irving quotes

American Novelist, Writer March 2, 1942

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Crazy people made him crazy. It was as if he personally resented them giving into madness - in part, because he so frequently labored to behave sanely. When some people gave up the labor of sanity, or failed at it, Garp suspected them of not trying hard enough. John Irving
Owen meany who rarely wasted words and who had the conversation-stopping habit of dropping remarks like coins into a deep pool of water... remarks that sank, like truth, to the bottom of the pool where they would remain untouchable. John Irving
John Irving quote: "Good habits are worth being fanatical about."
Good habits are worth being fanatical about. John Irving
Most Americans who read at all read junk... I think it is a fair generalization to say that European readers of fiction like novels to be challenging, to be demanding; nor do they follow trends or fashions in reading taste in the lemminglike manner of many readers in the United States. John Irving
Death, it seems," Garp wrote, "does not like to wait until we are prepared for it. Death is indulgent and enjoys, when it can, a flair for the dramatic. John Irving
John Irving quote: "Jenny Fields felt undone, the way only a person who has been..."
Jenny Fields felt undone, the way only a person who has been careful can feel when confronted by a mistake. John Irving
Moreover, there was what Amy called “the cocksuckers’ contingent of the country”—what Danny knew as the dumber-than-dog-shit element, those bully patriots—and they were too set in their ways or too poorly educated (or both) to see beyond the ceaseless flag-waving and nationalistic bluster. John Irving
You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirro? But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you pay for grace. John Irving
John Irving quote: " . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert..."
. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . . John Irving
I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of time is almost as central to the novel as a major minor character, the passage of time and its effect on the characters in the story. John Irving
The hardest thing to accept about the passage of time is that the people who mattered most to us are all wrapped up in parenthesis John Irving
If we couldn't get strong from what we lose, and what we miss, and what we want and can't have, then we couldn't ever get strong enough. John Irving
It surprised him that she was the one who looked stricken with fear, as if she were a prisoner in the passenger seat and saw the fast-approaching collision seconds before the drive could react to it. Bonnie pinched her lower lip with her teeth and stared at Jack as if she were transfixed--as if he were the upcoming accident, and, even though she saw him coming, she couldn't turn away. John Irving
John Irving quote: "Children are most impressed with the importance of a moment..."
Children are most impressed with the importance of a moment when they witness a parent breaking the parents' own rule. John Irving
In this dirty minded world, you are either someone's wife or someone's whore. And if you're not either people think there is something wrong with you....but there is nothing wrong with me John Irving

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