Quotes by John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

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If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
My life is a reading list. — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change. — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You. — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
A truly happy woman drives some men and almost every other woman absolutely crazy — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a l — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
Many things the gods achieve beyond our judgement,'" said the sorrowful girl. "'What we thought is not confirmed and wha — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
A person's faith goes at its own pace. The trouble with church is the service. A service is conducted for a mass audienc — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
IT (The country) IS HEADED TOWARD OVERSIMPLIFICATION. YOU WANT TO SEE A PRESIDENT OF THE FUTURE? TURN ON ANY TELEVISION — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
THAT'S WHAT POWERFUL MEN DO TO THIS COUNTRY - IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, SEXY, BREATHLESS COUNTRY, AND POWERFUL MEN USE IT TO TRE — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS, IF YOU WANT TO DO THINGS YOUR OWN WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION - YOU'RE GOING T — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
This was not of the nature of a Christlike lesson for Owen Meany to learn, as he lay in the manger, that someone you hat — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
YOUR BOREDOM IS YOUR PROBLEM," said Owen Meany. "IT'S YOUR LACK OF IMAGINATION THAT BORES YOU. HARDY HAS THE WORLD FIGUR — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
Ever since the Christmas of '53, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered an — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
but good friends are nothing to each other if they are not supportive. — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
Your memory is a monster; you forget—it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things f — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
Mother's intentions were always sound, never muddy; I don't imagine that she troubled herself to feel very guilty. But t — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE AN ENGLISH MAJOR. AT LEAST, YOU GET TO READ STUFF THAT'S WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO CAN WRITE! YOU DON'T — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
We were in a phase, through television and the movies, of living only vicariously. Even faintly sordid silliness excited — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. — John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany