Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. – John Updike
That a marriage ends is less than ideal but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. – John Updike
Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. – John Updike
I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it. – Charles Schumer