Quotes of John Updike

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Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

- John Updike

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“ Live every day like it’s your last. ”

- Unknown

“ My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine. ”

- William Shakespeare

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

- Augustine of Hippo

“ Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. ”

- W. E. B. Du Bois

“ And, in the end… The love you take is equal to the love you make. ”

- Paul McCartney

“ I hope she'll be a fool that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. ”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

“ Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency. ”

- Shah Asad Rizvi

“ I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase. ”

- Martin Luther King

“ Every second that passes is another grain of sand in your hourglass that is gone, forever lost in time. ”

- Nyki Mack

“ Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ I’ll hold you in my heart, till I can hold you in my arms. ”

- Unknown

“ Betrayal, Selfishness, Sly and many more! A kid is far away from understanding abstract nouns except one Love. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams. ”

- Jocelyn Soriano

“ Love alone could waken love. ”

- Pearl S. Buck

“ At the beginning, you need no support other than your pen and paper to write down the ideas that your brain is ready to supply you at any given time. ”

- Godspower Oparaugo

“ Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ”

- Voltaire

“ Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful. ”

- robert m drake

“ Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna. ”

- Patrick Rothfuss

“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson