...hate suits him better than forgiveness. Immersed in hate, he doesn'…

John Updike
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...hate suits him better than forgiveness. Immersed in hate, he doesn't have to do anything; he can be paralyzed, and the rigidty of hatred makes a kind of shelter for him. ✨ John Updike (2010). Rabbit, Run, p.302, Random House
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...hate suits him better than forgiveness. Immersed in hate, he doesn't have to do anything; he can be paralyzed, and the rigidty of hatred makes a kind of shelter for him. ✨ John Updike (2010). Rabbit, Run, p.302, Random House

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