No one could have fathomed what a life he’d led, for it was chiefly a life lived in his mind.
JOHN IRVINGWhat a phrase that is: ‘that explains everything!’ I know better than to think anything ‘explains everything’ today.
More John Irving Quotes
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Kids are beautiful, man. And they know much more than grownups think they know. Kids are just perfect people until grownups get their hands on them.
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I have a friend who says that reviewers are the tickbirds of the literary rhinoceros-but he is being kind. Tickbirds perform a valuable service to the rhino and the rhino hardly notices the birds.
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The powerful wind swept his hair away from his face; he leaned his chest into the wind, as if he stood on the deck of a ship heading into the wind, slicing through the waves of an ocean he’d not yet seen.
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What a phrase that is: ‘that explains everything!’ I know better than to think anything ‘explains everything’ today.
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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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In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases
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I’m not afraid, but I’m very nervous.
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I’ve always preferred writing in longhand. I’ve always written first drafts in longhand.
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You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirror… But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you pay for grace.
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If pride is a sin … moral pride is the greatest sin.
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Rituals are comforting; rituals combat loneliness.
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My brain is sending poison to my heart.
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Religious freedom should work two ways: we should be free to practice the religion of our choice, but we must also be free from having someone else’s religion practiced on us.
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This is what self-centered religion does to us: it allows us to use it to further our own ends.
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Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean – make sure they know what they mean!
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