Quote by John Updike
We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. - John

We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. – John Updike

Other quotes by John Updike

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation. One can either see or be seen. – John Updike

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The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it. – John Updike

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Society
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What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike

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Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. – Stephen King

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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. – Voltaire

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During the darkest indigo midnight, yet will countless stars blossom. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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Human suffering, while it is asleep, is shapeless. If it is wakened it takes the form of the waker. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment. – Duke of Endinburgh

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Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britains scientific competitiveness. – Vince Cable

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Pop music is not a threatening style of music. – Joan Jett

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