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Quote by John Updike
Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. – 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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Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. – John Updike

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

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