Quotes of John Updike

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Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews.

- John Updike

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“ Her footprints are leaving green marks on the desert heart of mine ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

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

- Somya Kedia

“ If you are happy with the person you are becoming, and you can understand that the journey is long and the processes are slow; you are on the right track no matter what your current situation is. ”

- Joshua Lynott

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ All for one and one for all. ”

- Alexandre Dumas

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

“ A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

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

- Martin Luther King

“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing you can do is keep your mind young. ”

- Mark Twain

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

- Elena Aguilar

“ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ”

- George Edward Woodberry

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

- Unknown

“ the saddest thing is to be a minute to someone, when you've made them your eternity. ”

- Sanober Khan

“ 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

“ Anything that makes weak physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison. ”

- Swami Vivekananda

“ Unrequited love’s a bore. ”

- Lorenz Hart

“ I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living. ”

- Steven Spielberg

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ sometimes the unknown is better for all involved ”

- Azelene Williams

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ The more one judges, the less one loves. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck