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Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings. - John Updike
What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit. -John Updike
A is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. John Updike
Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying. John Updike
Being able to write becomes a kind of shield...a way of hiding...a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey. -John Updike