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This is what self-centered religion does to us: it allows us to use it to further our own ends.

John Irving

The excitement of anticipation was *almost* equal to the thrill of lovemaking.
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Anticipation Excitement Thrill
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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Mean People Religious
but good friends are nothing to each other if they are not supportive.
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Friend Good Meany Owen Supportive
You can’t learn everything you need to know legally.
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Feet Knows Needs
The lie, of course, is more interesting.
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Courses Interesting Lying
Life is serious but art is fun!
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Art Fun Life
Nearly everything seems a letdown after a writer has finished writing something.
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Scary Writing
A part of adolescence is feelimg that there’s no one else around who’s enough like youself to understand you.
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Adolescence Enough Like
I always thought that you could do worse than find yourself dying in the company of a devoted former student.
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Dying Finding Student Yourself
Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can.
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Decision Finals Unnecessarily
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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Eye Mirrors Repetition Views
I suppose I’m proudest of my novels for what’s imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.
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Imagination Interesting Thinking
No one but me ever put a hand on me to feel that baby. No one wanted to put his ear against it and listen…You shouldn’t have a baby if there’s no one who wants to feel it kick or listen to it move.
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Baby Hands Moving
It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.
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Art Hard Work Serious
Rituals are comforting; rituals combat loneliness.
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Combat Comforting Loneliness
When writing a novel, I’m not smart enough to know how to foreshadow something if I don’t know what it is.
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Enough Smart Writing

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