“I am very prone to accept all that the scientists tell us, the truth of it, the authority of the efforts of all the men and woman spent trying to understand more about atoms and molecules. But I can't quite make the leap of unfaith, as it were, and say, `This is it. Carpe diem (seize the day), and tough luck.'''
"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy."
"An Irish temper makes you appreciate Lutherans."
John Updike (1932 - 2009)
Not my favorite novelist in all the world.
ReplyDeleteBut his was a compelling voice.
His commentary was fascinating.
A man of letters.
RIP
Seth Berkow