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Quotes from A Prayer for Owen Meany — John Irving

born 1942 United States

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Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean—make sure they know what they mean!

A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

The kind of people claiming to be in communication with God today … they are enough to drive a real Christian crazy!

A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

Your memory is a monster; you forget — it doesn’t. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you—and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you!

A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Irving (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.