If I had to be anything," he told her, "I'd probably be a socialist, but I don't want to be anything.
John IrvingThey all settled into being the kind of friends when they heard from each other.... or when they occasionally got together. And when they were not in touch, they did not think of one another.
John IrvingIn increments both measurable and not, our childhood is stolen from us -- not always in one momentous event but often in a series of small robberies, which add up to the same loss.
John Irving