John Updike Quote

[Nelson, to Annabelle] "The misery of the world," he says, reaching into himself to overcome her resistance. "That's what I kept thinking during my group this morning – the pity of everything, all of us, these confused souls trying so pathetically hard to break out of the fog – to see through our compulsions, our needs as they chew us up..."


Rabbit Remembered (2000)


[Nelson, to Annabelle] The misery of the world, he says, reaching into himself to overcome her resistance. That's what I kept thinking during my...

[Nelson, to Annabelle] The misery of the world, he says, reaching into himself to overcome her resistance. That's what I kept thinking during my...

[Nelson, to Annabelle] The misery of the world, he says, reaching into himself to overcome her resistance. That's what I kept thinking during my...

[Nelson, to Annabelle] The misery of the world, he says, reaching into himself to overcome her resistance. That's what I kept thinking during my...