"In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases"

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Source : The World According to Garp ch. 19 (1978)

John Irving

#World Quotes #Cases Quotes

“Quests always have their ups and downs,' rumbled the giant. 'The point is never to give up, even if you're falling off a cliff. You never know what might happen on the way to the bottom.”

Source : Nancy Farmer (2015). “The Sea of Trolls”, p.265, Simon and Schuster
“A man will be eloquent if you give him good wine.”
“One thing, when you're an actor, you finish something and then you have to worry about what the next gig is. When you're a musician, you can always write your own stuff, and I'm working on new stuff for a new album right now.”
“Whatever team you go to, you want to have guys who help you be successful there.”
“Where else is fatness at a premium? The answer is clear. There are two classes of mammals which are liable to accumulate large quantities of adipose tissue - hibernating mammals and aquatic mammals.”

Source : Elaine Morgan (2011). “The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis”, p.69, Souvenir Press
“Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered sleep.”
“To think of the part one little woman can play in the life of a man, so that to renounce her may be a very good imitation of heroism, and to win her may be a discipline.”
“When I was a kid, I really loved Indians. Native Americans. Pardon. Me.”

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