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John Updike Quotes

John Updike quotes

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

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Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man. John Updike
John Updike quote: "How many more, I must ask myself, such perfect ends of Augusts..."
How many more, I must ask myself, such perfect ends of Augusts will I witness? John Updike
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five. John Updike
John Updike quote: "An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world...."
An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause. John Updike
John Updike quote: "Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with..."
Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings. John Updike
John Updike quote: "But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two..."
But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks gagged through his own biography. John Updike
John Updike quote: "We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one."
We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. John Updike
John Updike quote: "You are still you. The U.S. is still the U.S., held together..."
You are still you. The U.S. is still the U.S., held together by credit cards and Indian names John Updike
John Updike quote: "Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face."
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. John Updike
John Updike quote: "A yawning repetitiveness as of a man who knows few words but..."
A yawning repetitiveness as of a man who knows few words but will not stop talking. John Updike
John Updike quote: "From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but..."
From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few. John Updike
We were all brought up to want things and maybe the world isn't big enough for all that wanting. I don't know. I don't know anything John Updike
John Updike quote: "To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as..."
To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client. John Updike
John Updike quote: "The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist..."
The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. John Updike
What is this? He has a sensation of touching glass. He doesn't know if they are talking about nothing or making code for the deepest meanings. John Updike

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