Quotes by Updike, John

Facts are generally overesteemed. For most practical purposes, a thing >>

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. >>

The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence k >>

Quotations about Body

Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-somet >>

Addiction, obesity, starvation (anorexia nervosa) are political proble >>

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case >>

For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do -- they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities.

Updike, John