The houses, many of them no longer lived in by the people whose faces he all knew, are like the houses in a town you see from the train, their brick faces blank in posing the riddle, Why does anyone live here? Why was he set down here, why is this town, a dull suburb of a third-rate city, for him the center and index of a universe that contains immense prairies, mountains, deserts, forests, cities, seas? This childish mystery—the mystery of 'any place,' prelude to the ultimate, 'Why am I me?'—ignites panic in his heart.


Rabbit, Run (1960)

John Updike Quotes

The houses, many of them no longer lived in by the people whose faces he all knew, are like the houses in a town you see from the train, their brick...

The houses, many of them no longer lived in by the people whose faces he all knew, are like the houses in a town you see from the train, their brick...

The houses, many of them no longer lived in by the people whose faces he all knew, are like the houses in a town you see from the train, their brick...

The houses, many of them no longer lived in by the people whose faces he all knew, are like the houses in a town you see from the train, their brick...