America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.
Quote by John Updike about opinion, conspiracy, happiness
Quotes by John Updike
7 quotes by John Updike
John Updike - american novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic and literary critic
Was born on 18 mar 1932.
Died on 27 jan 2009, at 76 years old.
Died on 27 jan 2009, at 76 years old.
Origin country: United States
From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few.
Quote by John Updike about childhood, shame
Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man.
Quote by John Updike about truth, privacy, woman, man
Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.
Quote by John Updike about religion, life
Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
Quote by John Updike about opinion, rain, grace, sky, earth, life
