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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“ It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. ”

- Ray Bradbury

“ Never run from the truth. It is always there; it never changes – save your energy. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ I miss everything about you Can’t believe that I still want you And after all the things we’ve been through. ”

- Colbie Caillat

“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go. ”

- Randall Munroe

“ God's plans for you are always good and purposeful. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ Whether you know or not, you are the infinite potential of love, peace and joy ”

- Amit Ray

“ Battered was my heart in the deep search, branded with cracks like slices of silver birch. An ignorant dream, a wish, just fool's gold that was the tale that love had sold. ”

- Sara Secora

“ It is now how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. ”

- Unknown

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

- T.S. Eliot

“ I can't make someone stay, but I can make me stay with someone. A successful relationship needs a constant decision to remain committed. ”

- Jeffrey Alcuizar Igot

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

- Dalai Lama

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

- Kyle Chandler

“ An early. morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. ”

- Anne Frank

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

- Elena Aguilar

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

- Paul McCartney

“ Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. ”

- Mary Roberts Rinehart

“ If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ Enmity builds walls; love builds bridges. Enlightenment is the highway to world peace. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ”

- Pablo Picasso

“ In the waltz of the leaves in the air In the features of the playful clouds In the nostalgia carried by the wind In Paris alone, I save your love (fragment from Your presence “partout”, chapter Hope) ”

- Claudia Pavel