Truth Quote by John Irving — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“In this dirty minded world, you are either someone's wife or someone's whore. And if you're not either people think there is something wrong with you....but there is nothing wrong with me”

“You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.”

“In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases”

“It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Bevore you can write anything, you have to notice something.”

“You can't learn everything you need to know legally.”

“JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!" [Owen Meany] said crossly. "LOOK AT THOSE WEIRDO TV MIRACLE-WORKERS--THEY'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC! BUT THE REAL MIRACLES AREN'T ANYTHING YOU CAN SEE--THEY'RE THINGS YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING. IF SOME PREACHER'S AN ASSHOLE, THAT'S NOT PROOF THAT GOD DOESN'T EXIST!”

“Overconfidence blurs out the risk. Inferiority magnifies it.”

“And this shows that sometimes people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth.”

“You know what they say about air and water when it comes to fire, don’t you?” she asks.”

“regret is mostly caused by not having”

“You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.”

“There are always consequences to the truth.”