John Updike Quotes About Memories

Quotes about: Memories

• It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

  John Updike

  Memories, People, Lovely

  John Updike (2009). “My Father's Tears: And Other Stories”, p.202, Random House

• In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

  John Updike

  Memories, Lenses, Old Memories

  John Updike (2012). “Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism”, p.23, Random House

• When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside; we are disavowing the very realm where we exist and where all things precious are kept - the realm of emotion and conscience, of memory and intention and sensation.

  John Updike

  Memories, Believe, Reality

  John Updike (2012). “Self-Consciousness: Memoirs”, p.250, Random House

• Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews.

  John Updike

  Life, Memories, Drama

• Our tears fatten upon our memories of joy.

  John Updike

  Memories, Joy, Tears

  John Updike (2011). “Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism”, p.68, Random House

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