Quote by John Irving Download Open image ““That's actually happened?' Ruth asked. 'Everything's happened,' the prostitute said.”” — John Irving ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“When Ruth spots a man she likes, she gets him drunk, strips off his clothes, and hops into bed with him. When he wakes… — Sam Torode Copy Share Image
“Just think, Ruth, I never did it for anybody else before. Now nobody in the whole world knows I can do that but you.… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
“Ruth wiped her eyes. Successful at a price? Forgiven but damaged? She wished so much more for her baby sister.” — Sarah Sundin Copy Share Image
“That night she again slept in the back of her brother’s car, hidden under her raincoat, afraid of the rats, of the police, and… — Philip Carlo Copy Share Image
“Ruth had been a girl haunted and now she would be a woman haunted. First by accident and now by choice. All of it,… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“I wanted to go and get Ruth again and tell her a lot more things, and really make love to her this time, and… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“Ruth knew very well what the killer thought he had heard: he'd heard the sound of someone trying not to make a sound -… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Are you always this wise, Ruth?" "Only when it comes to other people's lives.” — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, Ruth decided that not punishing the wicked was unfair to the good.” — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
“I followed Ruth's example, you know." He tilted his head in confusion. There was a Ruth in his neighborhood. But when could she have… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“Ruth couldn’t stand it anymore. “You two are making too much noise. This is Oma’s celebration.” She creased her brows and looked from her… — June Bryan Belfie Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t pay the prostitute, and that’s the truth. She could have asked my wife, who would have told her that I’m no cheat.” — Jarod Kintz 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
