I think now that is the nature of hymns-they make us want to repeat them...they are a part of any service, and often the only part of a funeral service, that makes us feel everything is acceptable.
John IrvingWhen writing a novel, I'm not smart enough to know how to foreshadow something if I don't know what it is.
John IrvingYou live your life at the time you live it -- you don't have much of an overview when what's happening to you is still happening.
John IrvingAnyone can be sentimental about the nativity; any fool can feel like a Christian at Christmas. But Easter is the main event; if you don’t believe in the resurrection, you’re not a believer." “If you don’t believe in Easter,” Owen Meany said. “Don’t kid yourself—Don’t call yourself a Christian.
John Irving