"Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself."

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John Updike

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“suicide can be used as a very cruel weapon, you know. It can be the ultimate revenge, leaving a scar that a living person may carry to the grave.”
“The pain was quite extraordinary. And yet also weirdly welcome and restorative, bringing him news of his aliveness and his caughtness in a story larger than himself.”
“If you believe in fate, believe in it, at least, for your good.”
“Cultivate the habit of attention and try to gain opportunities to hear wise men and women talk. Indifference and inattention are the two most dangerous monsters that you ever meet. Interest and attention will insure to you an education.”
“Thinking about writing as an act of celebration is sometimes a helpful framework for me. It allows me to prioritize what I want to call attention to and what I want others to know about me. It makes me ask: What is worth celebrating?”
“Not to be a Bible-thumper, but there really is nothing new under the sun.”
“What you think now about the cross of Christ, I cannot tell; but I can wish you nothing better than this - that you may be able to say with the apostle Paul, before you die or meet the Lord, 'God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.'”
“Mike Trout is unbelievable. He's one of the best players in baseball right now, if not the best.”

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