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John Updike Quotes

John Updike quotes about kindness

American Novelist, Writer March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009

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I remember one English teacher in the eighth grade, Florence Schrack, whose husband also taught at the high school. I thought what she said made sense, and she parsed sentences on the blackboard and gave me, I'd like to think, some sense of English grammar and that there is a grammar, that those commas serve a purpose and that a sentence has a logic, that you can break it down. I've tried not to forget those lessons, and to treat the English language with respect as a kind of intricate tool. John Updike
...hate suits him better than forgiveness. Immersed in hate, he doesn't have to do anything; he can be paralyzed, and the rigidty of hatred makes a kind of shelter for him. John Updike
John Updike quote: "Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding,..."
Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey. John Updike
I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate. John Updike

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