I realize that a writer's business is setting fire to Piggy Sneed-and trying to save him-again and again; forever.

John Irving

Stichwörter: writing failure save writer fail saving failing piggy-sneed trying-to-save-piggy-sneed



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I think about you more and more, but I don't waste my time - or yours - thinking about who you were before I knew you.

John Irving


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Did anyone who was in love and was unsatisfied with how he was loved in return ever feel saved?

John Irving


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Love was certainly not safe - not ever.

John Irving

Stichwörter: love



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Children are most impressed with the importance of a moment when they witness a parent breaking the parents' own rule.

John Irving


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It's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been hurt and deceived.

John Irving


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People regard art too highly, and history not enough

John Irving

Stichwörter: art history common-sense



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Death, it seems," Garp wrote, "does not like to wait until we are prepared for it. Death is indulgent and enjoys, when it can, a flair for the dramatic.

John Irving

Stichwörter: death



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You don't sound very well Owen." I pointed out to him. "IF JESUS HAD TO BE BORN ON A DAY LIKE THIS. I DON'T THINK HE'D HAVE LASTED LONG ENOUGH TO BE CRUCIFIED." Owen said.

John Irving


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It was not the cold that made you want to rush out as soon as you'd jumped in; it was the unmeasured depth - our fear of what was on the bottom, and how far below us the bottom was.

John Irving


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