Quote by John Irving Download Open image ““Let the grave mound grow a little grass, I always say; then it’s safe to look.”” — John Irving ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave with uprooted grass. Neither one had spoken a word.” — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“We shove the dirt over the book, tamping down the disturbed soil. The grass will grow back soon enough. It will be for us… — John Green Copy Share Image
“...the grass actually IS greener on the other side, but it's only because of the bodies buried there.” — Robert Ford Copy Share Image
“This death expert said it's everything underground that makes grass so green. That dead things make the living. I want to lie down on… — Elizabeth Scott Copy Share Image
“Soon enough the days will close over their lives, the grass will grow over their graves, until their story is just an unvisited headstone.” — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“You know the good thing about digging your own grave? You always make it just the right size.” — Alison Gaylin Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when you face hardship you think you've been buried when you've actually been planted. Keep growing.” — Itayi Garande Copy Share Image
“IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT A GRAVE HAD OPENED IN MY ROAD OF LIFE, AND the gap it made in the smooth ground… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“If you want to find dirt on me, wait until after I’m dead and buried.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“We visit...a neighboring grave-yard. I am by this time in a condition of mind to become a willing inmate of the place.” — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
“At the grave's precipice, our feet scuff dirt, and chunks of the firmament fall away.” — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
… 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 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 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 the pillow… — John Irving 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. It was… — John Irving 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 prolonged orgasms,… — John Irving 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!" Miss Frost… — John Irving 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 Meany] said… — John Irving 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 about where… — John Irving 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 might look… — John Irving 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 know someone… — John Irving 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 Meany] said crossly. "LOOK AT THOSE WEIRDO TV MIRACLE-WORKERS--THEY'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC! BUT THE REAL MIRACLES AREN'T ANYTHING YOU CAN…” quote by John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/70e/john-irving-337_atheists_just-because-a-bunch-of-atheists-are-bet_31804.jpg)
