Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by th…

John Updike
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Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews.
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I think books should have secrets, like people do. ✨ John Updike, James Plath (1994). Conversations with John Updike, p.35, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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People go around mourning the death of God; it's the death of sssin that bothers me. Without ssin, people aren't people any more, they're just ssoul-less sheep.
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Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews.

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