Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, …

John Updike
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Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
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Sun and moon, sun and moon, time goes. ✨ John Updike (2010). Rabbit, Run, p.141, Random House
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...as all souls are equal before their Maker, a two inch putt counts the same as a 250 yard drive. There is a comedy in this and a certain unfairness even, which makes golf an even apter mirror of re … ▶
Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better. ✨ John Updike (2013). Picked-Up Pieces: Essays, p.22, Random House
In a country this large and a language even larger ... there ought to be a living for somebody who cares and wants to entertain and instruct a reader.

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