Quote by John Updike
Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without

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

Other quotes by John Updike

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

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Marriage
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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. – John Updike

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Poetry
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Water
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The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. – Joseph Conrad

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Water

Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. – Slovakian Proverb

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Water

The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea. – Isak Dinesen

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Water

A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. – Henry David Thoreau

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Water

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You can move a lot of water with a thimble. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. – Arthur Miller

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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818

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Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one. – Japanese Proverb

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Love