You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirrorโฆ But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you pay for grace.
John IrvingThe former stewardess glared at her ex-pilot husband as if he had been speaking, and thinking, in the absence of sufficient oxygen.
John IrvingPlot is a map and I begin with it. It is what made me admire the novels of the 19th century; that the stories are foreshadowed. Theyรre going someplace.
John IrvingThis is what self-centered religion does to us: it allows us to use it to further our own ends.
John Irving