"It is easy to love people in memory;……" — John Updike

"It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you."

— John Updike

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339 Quotes by John Updike

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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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