It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly.
John IrvingEver since the Christmas of 1953, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered any loss or who must admit to any imperfection; the so-called spirit of giving can be as greedy as receiving-Christmas is our time to be aware of what we lack, of who's not home.
John IrvingIn this world,โ Franny once observed, โjust as youโre trying to think of yourself as memorable, there is always someone who forgets that that they have met you.
John IrvingLife," Garp wrote, "is sadly not structured like a good old-fashioned novel. Instead an end occurs when those who are meant to peter out have petered out. All that is left is memory. But even a nihilist has memory.
John Irving