Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides… — John Irving Forget Copy Share Image
… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of… — John Irving Accepting Copy Share Image
Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean––make sure they know what they mean! — John Irving Mean Copy Share Image
The desire to never leave your side, the desire to never see you again. The desire to see your face asleep on… — John Irving Desire Copy Share Image
I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo.… — John Irving Books Copy Share Image
“God, I think I just hit a high E-flat - and I really held it!" Esmeralda said, after one of her more… — John Irving High notes Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia!" Miss Frost cried. "You´re nostalgic!" She repeated. "Just how old are you, William?" She asked. "Seventeen, " I told her. "Seventeen!"… — John Irving Writers Copy Share Image
“JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!" [Owen… — John Irving Atheists Copy Share Image
It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind… — John Irving Easier Copy Share Image
“Only the chicken-lover will understand me. He will give me a kindly look, maybe mildly desirous. His eyes will tell me: You… — John Irving Humor Copy Share Image
You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can… — John Irving Friendship Copy Share Image
“Because of A Prayer for Owen Meany, many of my readers assume I am “religious.” I go to church only occasionally—like a… — John Irving Believe in god Copy Share Image
“Did anyone who was in love and was unsatisfied with how he was loved in return ever feel saved?” — John Irving Love Copy Share Image
“I TRUST THAT GOD WILL HELP ME, BECAUSE WHAT I’M SUPPOSED TO DO LOOKS VERY HARD.” — John Irving Faith Copy Share Image
Maybe television causes cancer, Garp thinks; but his real irritation is a writer's irritation: he knows that wherever the TV glows, there… — John Irving Cancer Copy Share Image
“he smoked so much marijuana that his hair smelled like a cupboard crammed with oregano;” — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Although he knew all the best — or, at least, the least boring — stories in the Bible, Mr. Merrill was most… — John Irving Bible Copy Share Image
Life," Garp wrote, "is sadly not structured like a good old-fashioned novel. Instead an end occurs when those who are meant to… — John Irving Books Copy Share Image
I wasn't afraid of anything until I had a kid. Then I was terrified because immediately I could imagine a hundred ways… — John Irving Afraid Copy Share Image
“... the surprised bookseller, whose name (inexplicably) was Mendelssohn. He was no relation to the German composer, and this Mendelssohn either overliked… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“We've been an empire in decline since I can remember," Ketchum said bluntly; he wasn't kidding. "We are a lost nation, Danny.… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I think that was when the headmaster realized he had lost; he realized then that he was finished. Because, what could he… — John Irving Awkward Copy Share Image
No adult in my family would ever tell me anything about who my father was. I knew from an older cousin -… — John Irving Adults Copy Share Image
“My dear boy, " Miss Frost said sharply. "My dear boy, please don't put a label on me - don't make a… — John Irving Labels Copy Share Image
