When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive …

John Updike
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When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside; we are disavowing the very realm where we exist and where all things precious are kept - the realm of emotion and conscience, of memory and intention and sensation. ✨ John Updike (2012). Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, p.250, Random House
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