I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye.
John IrvingI'm a worst-case scenario person. I'm only interested in a story because I kind of go, like a magnet, to the worst thing that can happen.
John Irvingโฆ and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life.
John IrvingIt doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Before you can write anything, you have to notice something.
John IrvingYOU LET ME DROWN!โ Owen said. โYOU DIDNโT DO ANYTHING! YOU JUST WATCHED ME DROWN! IโM ALREADY DEAD!โ he told us. โREMEMBER THAT: YOU LET ME DIE.
John IrvingHere in St. Cloudโs,โ Dr. Larch wrote, โ I have been given the choice of playing God or leaving practically everything up to chance. It is my experience that practically everything is left up to chance much of the time; men who believe in good and evil, and who believe that good should win, should watch for those moments when it is possible to play God โ we should seize those moments. There wonโt be may
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