Quotes of John Updike

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Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.

- John Updike

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“ I can only think about the past, but I can always design the future. ”

- Davin Ferrigon

“ Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast. ”

- Steve Pavlina

“ I find it odd the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ We accept some black people, receive some white people, embrace some Asian people, and welcome some mixed people, but God commands us to love all people. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ We cannot face up to what lies ahead, without facing up to what lies within. ”

- Eleesha

“ When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie. ”

- Rudyard Kipling

“ Love alone could waken love. ”

- Pearl S. Buck

“ We should have more reasons to smile than to cry. You will be surprised, even the saddest things could result in something to smile about. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together. ”

- Lisa Kleypas

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Don't worry when people only bring up your past. It's only because your present and future looks brighter and better than theirs ”

- Kimberking

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. ”

- Alain de Botton

“ Mistakes are not bad; excuses are. ”

- Udai Yadla

“ I spend most nights at home falling in love with the idea of you. ”

- Michael Faudet

“ Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex brings up some pretty good questions. ”

- Woody Allen

“ Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ All worries are less with wine. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ”

- Kyle Chandler

“ One day she will be mine. I am telling you. I need to have her, and she needs me. She just doesn’t know it yet. There is no one in the world that could love her the way I could. ”

- Nico J. Genes

“ Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby. ”

- Evanescence