"Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to…" — John Updike

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339 Quotes by John Updike

John Updike has 339 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You always find things you didn't know you were going to say, and that is the adventure...
Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic un-interestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity,…
The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.
I imagine most of that stuff on the information highway is roadkill anyway.
I assume my stance, and take back the club, low, slowly; at the top, my eyes fog over, and my…
In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.
Without rain, there would be no life.
Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us.
Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have stuck with them longer.
What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin…
"Hit it with the back of your left hand" was the first swing thought I ever heard, brusquely bu not…
...as all souls are equal before their Maker, a two inch putt counts the same as a 250 yard drive.…

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This veridic nose arrives everywhere a quarter of an hour before its master. Ten shoemakers, good round fat ones too,… — Cyrano de Bergerac
Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. — Elizabeth Bowen
Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but… — Barbara Holland
By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'. — Miguel de Cervantes
Those who came to the United States didn't realize they were white until they got here. They were told they… — Cornel West
There are strange moments in life when the mind rests without any kind of worries. When our mind is quiet,… — Samael Aun Weor
...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We… — Immanuel Kant
How interesting it would be to write the story of the experiences in this life of a man who killed… — Leo Tolstoy
Whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to its maturity. — Samuel Johnson
Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks. — Jean Rhys
Some people do wait their whole lives for something, and it's only when that thing arrives that they find out… — Jane Smiley
Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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