All John Irving Quotes
- The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed… Arrangements
- The excitement of anticipation was *almost* equal to the thrill of lovemaking ... Almost Equal
- Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can. Avoid
- Just when you begin thinking of yourself as memorable, you run into someone who can't even remember having met you Begin
- Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them. Grownups
- You can give yourself a headache trying to decipher the tattoos on a naked man who’s leaping up and down on a bed. Bed
- Here is the trap you are in.... And it's not my trap—I haven't trapped you. Because abortions are illegal, women who need and want them… Abortion
- I think that was when the headmaster realized he had lost; he realized then that he was finished. Because, what could he do? Was he… Awkward
- If I had to be anything," he told her, "I'd probably be a socialist, but I don't want to be anything. Inspirational
- Every American should be forced to live outside the United States for a year or two. Americans should be forced to see how ridiculous they… Absolutely
- THERE'S NO MONKEY BUSINESS ABOUT THIS ELECTION,' he told the voters. 'IF YOU'RE ENOUGH OF AN ASSHOLE TO VOTE FOR NIXON, YOUR DUMB VOTE WILL… Anybody
- Sell my old clothes - I'm off to heaven Clothes
- Being reviewed is being condescended to by your inferiors. Condescended
- He was too young to know that, in any novel with a reasonable amount of forethought, there were no coincidences. Amount
- When time passes, it's the people who knew you whom you want to see; they're the ones you can talk to. When enough time passes,… Enough Time
- My life is a reading list. Inspirational
- How we love to love things for other people; how we love to have other people love things through our eyes. Eye
- It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change. Change
- Is it a democratic society that condemns people to the accident of conception? What are we-monkeys? If you expect people to be responsible for their… Accident
- It´s natural to want someone you love to do what you want, or what you think would be good for them, but you have to… Any