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

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

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Religion
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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

Category:
Honesty
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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

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Morning
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Other Quotes from
Water
category

A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I – Theodore White

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Water

The only cure for seasickness is to sit on the shady side of an old brick church in the country. – Author Unknown

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Water

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

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Water

Keep your feet on the deck, your hands on the tiller, your eyes on the horizon and your beer in the fridge! – B.E.Marshall

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Water

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car

Gymnastics taught me everything – life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect. – Shawn Johnson

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respect

I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that. – Hilary Duff

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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. – B.F. Skinner

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Graduation