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  1. John Updike _ In The Beauty Of The Lilies

    But the nightmares were accurate enough: we are like a swarm of mosquitoes, crazy with thirst and doomed to be swatted.
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  2. John Updike _ In The Beauty Of The Lilies

    All these prohibitions old people think up. I think people should be free to do what they want unless it's hurting someone else.
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  3. John Updike _ In The Beauty Of The Lilies

    Walking toward the light. None of us lives in the light; we can only walk toward it, with the eyes and legs God has given us.
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  4. John Updike _ In The Beauty Of The Lilies

    The soul needs something extra, a place outside matter where it can stand. The Bible-think of it as the primer of a language whereby we can talk to one another about what matters to us most. It is our starting point, not the end point.
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  5. John Updike _ In The Beauty Of The Lilies

    The reel of your real life unwound only once.
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  6. John Updike _ In The Beauty Of The Lilies

    This life is the one to be lived now, that much is crystal-clear. What did Thoreau supposedly say-'One world at a time'?
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