Quotes from Rabbit at Rest — John Updike
1932–2009 United States
60 quotes
Vocations drying up, nobody wants to be selfless any more, everybody wants their fun.
The smell of good advice always makes Rabbit want to run the other way.
He could have gone over that night and faced the music but how much music is a man supposed to face?
Your children's losing battle with time seems even sadder than your own.
"...This is a hideous thing. None of us will ever be the same."
There's more to being a human being than having your own way.
Life is a hill that gets steeper the more you climb.
You can't say anything honest to women, they have minds like the FBI.
Women are actresses, tuning their part to each little audience.
When you feel irresistable, you're hard to resist.
Late in the game as it is, you keep trying.
..."That disease he has does an awful job on you. Your lungs fill up."
When she was a girl nobody had money but people had dreams.
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Updike (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.