If you asked me one day, I might say, "Well, sometimes I feel a little bit religious." If you asked me another day, I'd just say flat out, "No."
John IrvingLife forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can.
John IrvingThe first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life led by human beings; the second was that human beings could survive a life in hotels.
John IrvingI've always been interested in miracles, or the miraculous of the unexplained. I don't scoff at what makes people believe or want to believe. I think I understand the tremendous attraction of the mysteries of the church to the same degree that I understand and appreciate the frustration people feel, especially believers, with the human rule-making arm of the church, with the not-miraculous part of the church - any church.
John Irving