John Updike Quote

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.


Confessions of a Wild Bore in Assorted Prose (1965)


A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.