Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to become an adultโin any wayโsomething in your childhood dies.
John IrvingIf you feel strongly about people having abortions, don't have one. But we are a country - USA - that likes to be punitive. We want to restrict. It is a kind of religious fervor run amuck.
John IrvingAmong adults โ and among orphans โ Wilbur Larch noted that delirious happiness was rare.
John Irving