A sentence boiled in her, but she could not yet see it clearly.
JOHN IRVINGIn the world according to her father, Jenny Garp knew, we must have energy. Her famous grandmother, Jenny Fields, once thought of us as Externals, Vital Organs, Absentees, and Goners. But in the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases.
More John Irving Quotes
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It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly.
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Plot is a map and I begin with it. It is what made me admire the novels of the 19th century; that the stories are foreshadowed. TheyÕre going someplace.
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They all settled into being the kind of friends when they heard from each other…. or when they occasionally got together. And when they were not in touch, they did not think of one another.
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My life is a reading list.
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All I say is: Let us leave les folles alone; let’s just leave them be. Don’t judge them. You are not superior to them – don’t put them down.
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The lie, of course, is more interesting.
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Keep passing the open windows.
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In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases
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Nearly everything seems a letdown after a writer has finished writing something.
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…every study of the gods, of everyone’s gods, is a revelation of vengeance towards the innocent.
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As it was, things went from bad to worse, as they often will when amateurs are involved in an activity that they perform in bad temper – or in a hurry.
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Our memory is a monster; you forget it – it does not.
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I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I’ve seen in the country since John Kennedy.
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When you legislate personal belief, you’re in violation of freedom of religion.
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Be serious. Life hurts. Reflect what hurts. I don’t mean that you can’t also be funny, or have fun, but at the end of the day, stories are about what you lose.
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