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John Irving quotes

American Novelist, Writer March 2, 1942

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John Irving quote: "And never forget, there is memory."
And never forget, there is memory. John Irving
If you don't feel you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then what you're doing probably isn't very vital. If you don't feel that you are writing somewhat over your head, why do it? If you don't have some doubt of your authority to tell this story, then you're not trying to tell enough. John Irving
John Irving quote: "He wished he could arrange a maiming as a kind of moral lesson"
He wished he could arrange a maiming as a kind of moral lesson John Irving
John Irving quote: "when however small a measure of jealousy is mixed with..."
when however small a measure of jealousy is mixed with misunderstanding, there is always going to be trouble. John Irving
Wallace Worthington would have reminded Wilbur Larch of someone he might have met at the Channing-Peabodys’, where Dr. Larch went to perform his second abortion – the rich people’s abortion, as Larch thought of it. Wallace Worthington would strike Homer Wells as what a real King of New England should look like. John Irving
John Irving quote: "He wished he could arrange a maiming as a kind of moral lessong."
He wished he could arrange a maiming as a kind of moral lessong. John Irving
I don't want you to describe to me—not ever—what you were doing to that poor boy to make him sound like that; but if you ever do it again, please cover his mouth with your hand. John Irving
John Irving quote: "Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to..."
Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to become an adult—in any way—something in your childhood dies. John Irving
You know, people think you have to be dumb to skip rope for 45 minutes. No, you have to be able to imagine something else. While you're skipping rope, you have to be able to see something else. John Irving
John Irving quote: "It's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been..."
It's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been hurt and deceived. John Irving
John Irving quote: "She was an expert at the art of sudden appearance."
She was an expert at the art of sudden appearance. John Irving
You've witnessed what you c-c-c-call a miracle and now you believe-you believe everything," Pastor Merrill said. "But miracles don't c-c-c-cause belief-real miracles don't m-m-m-make faith out of thin air; you have to already have faith in order to believe in real miracles. John Irving
John Irving quote: "Mum must have liked younger men; she'd certainly liked me..."
Mum must have liked younger men; she'd certainly liked me better when I was younger. In One Person. John Irving
The former stewardess glared at her ex-pilot husband as if he had been speaking, and thinking, in the absence of sufficient oxygen. John Irving
Of course: because it was in one of the camps that he went blind. They had performed some failed experiment on his eyes in the camp. John Irving

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