Movies took you right up to the edge but kept you safe.

John Updike
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Movies took you right up to the edge but kept you safe.
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How can you respect the world when you see it's being run by a bunch of kids turned old? ✨ John Updike (2010). Rabbit Is Rich, p.313, Random House
Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism. ✨ John Updike (2013). Hugging the Shore: Essays and Criticism, p.77, Random House
Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life. ✨ John Updike (2012). Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, p.228, Random House
America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. ✨ 1980 Problems,'How to Love America and Leave It at the Same Time'.
The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't; whichever seems likelier to win an effect. ✨ Rabbit, Run (1960) p. 160

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