When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside; we are disavowing the very realm where we exist and where all things precious are kept - the realm of emotion and conscience, of memory and intention and sensation.
John UpdikeBeing a divorcee in a small town is a little like playing Monopoly; eventually you land on all the properties.
John UpdikeGovernment is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.
John Updike