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Quote by John Updike
It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived po

It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike

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What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike

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Dreams come true without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. – John Updike

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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. – John Updike

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Some people will not tolerate such emotional honesty in communication. They would rather defend their dishonesty on the grounds that it might hurt others. Therefore, having rationalized their phoniness into nobility, they settle for superficial relationships. – Author Unknown

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Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby. – George Herbert

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When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback. – Bill Copeland

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A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on. – Winston Churchill

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Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women. – Fanny Kemble

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A whirl of torrid dust veils the picture. – Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift, 1963, translated from Russian by Michael Scammell

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