John Irving

I TRUST THAT GOD WILL HELP ME, BECAUSE WHAT I’M SUPPOSED TO DO LOOKS VERY HARD. ↗

— John Irving

#god #faith

You can learn a lot from your lovers, but-for the most part-you get to keep your friends longer, and you learn more from them. ↗

— John Irving

#learning #lesson #life #love #life

I realize that a writer's business is setting fire to Piggy Sneed-and trying to save him-again and again; forever. ↗

— John Irving

#failing #failure #piggy-sneed #save #saving

De alguna manera -había argumentado Garp- la vida es demasiado. La vida es un folletín melodramático no apto para menores, John ↗

— John Irving

#life

He wanted to take Homer Wells in his arms, and hug him, and kiss him, but he could only hope that Homer understood how much Dr. Larch's self-esteem was dependent on his self-control. ↗

— John Irving

#self-control #self-restraint #love

Many things the gods achieve beyond our judgement,'" said the sorrowful girl. "'What we thought is not confirmed and what we thought not God contives. ↗

— John Irving

#knowledge #religion #thought #faith

She was convinced that women were as often victims of themselves as they were of men. ↗

— John Irving

#men

...friends were more important than lovers - not least for the fact that friendships generally lasted longer than relationships. ↗

— John Irving

#relationships #friendship

...the demands of writing and of real life are not always similar. ↗

— John Irving

#life

And when you love a book, commit one glorious sentence of it - perhaps your favourite sentence - to memory. That way you won't forget the language of the story that moved you to tears. ↗

— John Irving

#love