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In all the green world nothing feels as good as a woman's good nature.
John Updike
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John Updike
Age: 76 †
Born: 1932
Born: March 18
Died: 2009
Died: January 27
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Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey.
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Man makes one journey all his living days, Down through the realms of music and of art Down through the halls of fame and glorious praise Down through the tears and triumphs of the heart To some sweet woman waiting some place there. For her he builds his cities and makes war, Seeks gold and glorious wealth to store.
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Fraud makes the world go round.
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A cynic is a kind of romantic who has aged.
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