Quotes of John Updike

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Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.

- John Updike

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“ Love is like a gold mine, The deeper you dig in your heart, the more love you receive. ”

- Bzam

“ Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most. ”

- Roy Bennett

“ Sometimes, change is what we need to retain our sanity. ”

- Life

“ A blooming relationship even if it’s someone else’s, makes me so happy and reinstates my faith in love... ”

- Nitya Prakash

“ It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ We don’t really care for things that we get easily in life. Life always needs to be served hot. ”

- Subhasis Das

“ Growing up in wartorn country like South Sudan wasn't hard and unbearable, but I'm always thankful for the experiences I encountered; cos with them I had realized my full potential to walked in seek of change and make impact on lives of others. ”

- Luka J. Riek

“ 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

“ The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. ”

- Karl Lagerfeld

“ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ”

- Helen Keller

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ In this world, it is too common for people to search for someone to lose themselves in. But I am already lost. I will look for someone to find myself in. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

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

- Kyle Chandler

“ Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Looks like to me we all begin and end in the same place. Perhaps we could love each other a little bit more along the way. ”

- Clyde Lee Dennis

“ The night still bold The cold singing by The crickets on their turbo Ushering in a celestial night in beautiful robe For tonight he will wonder into a glorious quest of the night As he lay down his head, will the Angels guard him Good night and sweet dreams ”

- Perpetua Ukakogu

“ Unrequited love’s a bore. ”

- Lorenz Hart

“ You need just the right amount of 'Fuck the world' and the right amount of belief in something...and you need the right amount of love. ”

- Gerard Way

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ Do I care about pleasure? Yes. But I don't believe in happiness. ”

- Tatiana Vedenska

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

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

- Evanescence

“ If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. ”

- William Arthur Ward