“It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.”
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John Irving's seventh novel begins in 1953, as Owen Meany and his best friend, both 11, are playing in a Little League baseball game. Owen hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. Owen doesn't believe in accidents; he's convinced he is God's instrument. What happens to him after that foul ball is both extraordinary and terrifying.
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John Irving
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“It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.”
“A truly happy woman drives some men and almost every other woman absolutely crazy”
“A person's faith goes at its own pace. The trouble with church is the service. A service is conducted for a mass audience. Just when I start to like the hymn, everyone plops down to pray. Ju...”
“My life is a reading list.”
“When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the p...”
“O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You.”
“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.”