John Scharf

“Don't get your balls crossed about it.”
― John Irving, Last Night in Twisted River

“We've been an empire in decline since I can remember," Ketchum said bluntly; he wasn't kidding. "We are a lost nation, Danny. Stop farting around.”
― John Irving, Last Night in Twisted River

“If we live long enough, we become caricatures of ourselves.”
― John Irving, Last Night in Twisted River

“As for the river, it just kept moving,as river do--as rivers do. Under the logs, the body of the young Canadian moved with the river, which jostled him to and fro--to and fro. If, at this moment in time Twisted River also appeared restless, even impatient, maybe the river itself wanted the boy's body to move on, too, move on, too.”
― John Irving, Last Night in Twisted River