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“He wished he could arrange a maiming as a kind of moral lesson”
― John Irving, The World According to Garp

“If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

“He felt fortunate to be with Helen; she had her own ambitions and he could not manipulate here.”
― John Irving, The World According to Garp

“Of course, apologies are rarely acceptable to true believers - or to anyone who believes in *pure* good, or in pure evil.”
― John Irving, The World According to Garp

“Is that why you do good deeds, Richie? To shorten your time in Purgatory?' 'Oh, honey,' he said, brushing lint from an orange sleeve. 'I'm going to hell. That's where the action is.”
― Michael Nava, The Burning Plain

“Entre
Ce que je pense,
Ce que je veux dire,
Ce que je crois dire,
Ce que je dis,
Ce que vous avez envie d'entendre,
Ce que vous croyez entendre,
Ce que vous entendez,
Ce que vous avez envie de comprendre,
Ce que vous croyez comprendre,
Ce que vous comprenez...
il y a dix possibilités qu'on ait des difficultés à communiquer. Mais essayons quand même...”
― Bernard Werber, L'Encyclopédie du savoir relatif et absolu

“And so this added consideration - that she never get pregnant - contributed to the moderation of their coupling, which was almost always managed under conditions harsh enough to win the approval of New England's founding fathers”
― John Irving, The Cider House Rules