NovelThe first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop.John UpdikeCouples · 1968★ 5.2
MagazineOur noise for some seconds passed beyond excitement into a kind of immense open anguish, a wailing, a cry to be saved. But immortality is nontransferable. The papers said that the others players, and even the umpires on the field, begged him to come out and acknowledge us in some way, but he refused. Gods do not answer letters.John UpdikeHub Fans Bid Kid Adieu · 1960★ 5.1
Autobiography and memoirTo say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch, but merely a provocative epigram for those who must make their arrangements in the world as given.John UpdikeSelf-Consciousness · 1989★ 5.1
Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.John UpdikeHugging the Shore · 1983★ 4.4
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