Logo
Quote by John Updike
Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, thou

Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another days progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper. – John Updike

Other quotes by John Updike

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. – John Updike

Category:
Wisdom
Author
John Updike
Read Quote

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. – John Updike

Category:
Water
Author
John Updike
Read Quote

Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. – John Updike

Category:
Marriage
Author
John Updike
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Morning
category

One key to success is to have lunch at the time of day most people have breakfast. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Morning

My brain is so anxiety-prone, like a pinball machine. If I dont get up in the morning and focus my thinking, my breathing, and my being for about 12 minutes, Im just a screwball all day long. – Rainn Wilson

Category:
Morning

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning loves the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning. – Robert Burton

Category:
Morning

I started playing poker in 2003 during my pregnancy, to distract myself from my awful morning sickness. For months all I did was cry and play Texas Holdem. – Cheryl Hines

Category:
Morning

Random Quotes

Ive realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I dont trust my instincts – Thats when I get in trouble. – Angelina Jolie

Category:
Trust

Biography is one of the new terrors of death. – John Arbuthnot

Category:
Legacy

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. – William Wordsworth

Category:
Nature

I dont know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon things that most men would rather not admit: That we feel pain, we cry, get sad and sometimes dont deal well with disappointment. – Peter Steele

Category:
sad