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

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...but with his mother there's no question of liking him they're not even in a way separate people he began in her stomach and if she gave him life she can take it away and if he feels that withdrawal it will be the grave itself. John Updike
Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art. John Updike
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. John Updike
John Updike quote: "A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half..."
A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience. John Updike
People go around mourning the death of God; it's the death of sssin that bothers me. Without ssin, people aren't people any more, they're just ssoul-less sheep. John Updike
John Updike quote: "If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your..."
If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price. John Updike
He doesn't blame people for many sin, but he does hate uncoordination, the root of all evil, as he feels it, for without coordination there can be no order, no connecting. John Updike

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