Quote by John Updike
Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then retur

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. – John Updike

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Customs and convictions change respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art. – John Updike

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The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion. – John Updike

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It seems to make an auto driver mad if he misses you. – Kin Hubbard

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If a woman driver ahead of you signals a left turn, be careful, she may turn left. – Source Unknown

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