People and books that helped form who I am today:

#GrahamGreene
#JohnUpdike
#WalkerPercy
#kurtvonnegutjr
#JohnIrving
#RalphEllison
#HermannHesse
#LorenEiseley
#JamesBaldwin
#JohnSteinbeck
#RayBradbury
#FrankHerbert
#StrangerInAStrangeLand
#MalcomX
#KimStanleyRobinson
#JulianJaynes
#SomeTimesAGreatNotion
#WendellBerry
#WhatArePeopleFor
#EdwardAbbey
#DesertSolitaire
#TomRussell
#CarlHiaasen
#MichaelPollan
#BotanyOfDesire
#PattiSmith
#MichaelStipe
#DavidSedaris
#CormacMcCarthy

“If we live long enough, we become caricatures of ourselves.” — John Irving, Last Night in Twisted River
#JohnIrving #Quotation #Quote #QOTD #Aging #Caricature

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/quote-of-the-day-5467/

"I’m old-fashioned, a storyteller. I’m not an analyst and I’m not an intellectual."

~John Irving, born today, 1942.

#JohnIrving #Quote #Today

Literarischer #2März

„If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”

#JohnIrving #APrayerForOwenMeany Geburtstag 1942

“It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.” — John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire
#JohnIrving #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Seriousness

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The World According to Me

#BooksForExtroverts
#TheWorldAccordingToGarp
#JohnIrving
#HashTagGames

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#milan2026