Christopher Quolke

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

“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”
― Stephen Colbert

“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

“Oh FUCK the longings and agonies of youth.”
― John Irving, The World According to Garp