There is the fear that you somehow neglected to say what was really yo…

John Updike
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There is the fear that you somehow neglected to say what was really yours to say.
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In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified. ✨ John Updike (2012). Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism, p.23, Random House
Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have stuck with them longer. ✨ John Updike (2011). Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf, p.126, Random House
For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do - they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. ✨ The Female Body. Michigan Quarterly Review, 1990.
Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself. ✨ John Updike (2012). Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism, p.923, Rand … ▶
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