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“ ”I'll tell you what's wrong with dumb-shit patriotism — it's delusional! It signifies nothing but the American need to win
About John Irving
John Winslow Irving (born 2 March 1942) is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (for The Cider House Rules, based on his novel of the same name).
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Additional quotes by John Irving
"You should wait, William," Miss Frost said. "The time to read <i>Madame Bovary</i> is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you believe that your future relationships will have disappointing - even devastating - consequences."
Know the story before you fall in love with your first sentence. If you don’t know the story before you begin the story, what kind of a storyteller are you? Just an ordinary kind, just a mediocre kind – making it up as you go along, like a common liar.
"Bonkie bit Garp!"
Garp bit Bonkie