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Quotes from Rabbit Remembered — John Updike

1932–2009 United States

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Who would have thought that the Internet, that's supposed to knit the world into a shining tyranny-proof ball, would be so grubbily adolescent?

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

These dysfunctionals make him aware of how functional he is.

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

His voice is hurrying, to keep up with his brain.

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

If society is the prison, families are the cells, with no time off for good behavior. Good behavior in fact tends to lengthen the sentence.

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

Cars used to have such dashing shapes, like airplanes, back when gas was cheap, twenty-five cents a gallon.

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

Like Ronnie said, we're alone. All we have is family, for what it's worth.

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

Each set of woes can be left behind in a folder in a drawer at the end of the day. Whereas in the outside world there is no end of obligation, no protection from the needs and grief of others.

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

...they were nobodies in the county, they would leave nothing behind but their headstones.

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

[Mim, to Nelson, about Annabelle] "She's letting herself go. You can't afford in life to do that if you're gonna contend."

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

[Ronnie to Nelson] "For a guy who snorted an entire car agency up his nose, you're one to talk about con games."

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

[Mim to Nelson] "Your father wasn't stupid, he just acted stupid."

Rabbit Remembered (2000)

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