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Quotes by John Updike

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

John Updike (1932 - )
 
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Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

John Updike (1932 - )
 
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Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.

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What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

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We are most alive when we’re in love.

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Sex is like money; only too much is enough.

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Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solicitude is the enemy of well-being.

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The stripped and shapely Maple grieves The ghosts of her Departed leaves. The ground is hard, As hard as stone. The year is old, The birds are flown.

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The crooked little tomato branches, pulpy and pale as if made of cheap green paper, broke under the weight of so much fruit; there was something frantic in such fertility, a crying-out like that of children frantic to please.

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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

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