Civilization Quote by John Irving

Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from…

— John Irving

Our memory is a monster; you forget it - it does not.

— John Irving

… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life.

— John Irving

Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean––make sure they know what they mean!

— John Irving

The desire to never leave your side, the desire to never see you again. The desire to see your face asleep on the pillow…

— John Irving

I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was…

— John Irving

“God, I think I just hit a high E-flat - and I really held it!" Esmeralda said, after one of her more prolonged orgasms,…

— John Irving

“Nostalgia!" Miss Frost cried. "You´re nostalgic!" She repeated. "Just how old are you, William?" She asked. "Seventeen, " I told her. "Seventeen!" Miss Frost…

— John Irving

“JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!" [Owen Meany] said…

— John Irving

It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where…

— John Irving

“Only the chicken-lover will understand me. He will give me a kindly look, maybe mildly desirous. His eyes will tell me: You might look…

— John Irving

You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can know someone…

— John Irving