Christopher Quolke

“We don't always have a choice how we get to know one another. Sometimes, people fall into our lives cleanly--as if out of the sky, or as if there were a direct flight from Heaven to Earth--the same sudden way we lose people, who once seemed they would always be part of our lives”
― John Irving, Last Night in Twisted River

“when however small a measure of jealousy is mixed with misunderstanding, there is always going to be trouble.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

“You know, everybody dies. My parents died. Your father died. Everybody dies. I'm going to die too. So will you. The thing is, to have a life before we die. It can be a real adventure having a life”
― John Irving, The World According to Garp

“They were involved in that awkward procedure of getting to unknow each other.”
― John Irving, The World According to Garp