Quote by John Updike
Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy,

Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience. – John Updike

Other quotes by John Updike

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

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Water
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Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. – Nelson Mandela

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Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before. – Catherine Deneuve

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Experience

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. – Emily Dickinson

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There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul. – Arnold Bennett

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