padla

John Updike quote ✍️

Quote

I never heard enough damnation from your pulpit. Many mornings I had to strain to take hold of what you were saying, Reverend. I couldn't figure it out, and got dizzy listening, the way you were dodging here and there. A lot of talk about compassion for the less fortunate, I remember that. Never a healthy sign, to my way of thinking, too much fuss and feathers about the poor. They're with us always, the Lord Himself said. Wait till the next go-around, if the poor feel so sorry for themselves on this. The first shall be last. Take away damnation, in my opinion, a man might as well be an atheist. A God that can't damn a body to an eternal Hell can't lift a body up out of the grave either.
John Updike In the Beauty of the Lilies atheism damnation death god hell

Related Quotes

I never want to be apart from you,” he said. “I’m going to buy an island and take you there. A ship will come once a month with supplies. The rest of the time it will be just the t…
Lisa Kleypas Tempt Me at Twilight humor romance
I will never fully understand why things happen the way they do on this planet. Too many people hold their tongue here. Too many people hide their true feelings. And at the end of …
Geoff Johns Teen Titans, Vol. 1: A Kid's Game emotion emotional emotions feeling feelings
I never saw "being different" in and of itself as the point to "being Goth" -- dressing different from most others, maybe, but the point to me was to get together with people who l…
Ruadhan J. McElroy fun goth youth

Similar Crossword Answers

Answer Clues
POOR 473 clues
GOD 420 clues
FUN 309 clues
HELL 302 clues
DEATH 196 clues
GOTH 154 clues
YOUTH 142 clues
FEELING 142 clues
HUMOR 135 clues
EMOTION 108 clues
ROMANCE 101 clues
DAMNATION 84 clues
EMOTIONAL 64 clues
EMOTIONS 42 clues
RELIGION 37 clues
ATHEISM 31 clues
FEELINGS 14 clues

Similar crossword clues

  1. John Updike novel 78.57%
  2. John Updike sequel 75.86%
  3. John Doe 73.68%
  4. John Updike's "__: A Book" 70.97%
  5. John Updike's "Rabbit ___" 70.97%
  6. 1974 John Updike novel 66.67%
  7. John Wick, e.g. 66.67%
  8. JOHN KEATS 66.67%
  9. 1960 John Updike novel 66.67%
  10. 1963 John Updike novel 66.67%
  11. "___ of Sundays": Updike 64.29%
  12. John Quincy -- 63.64%
  13. John, e.g. 63.16%
  14. John the ___. 63.16%
  15. "Rabbit ___" (John Updike novel) 62.86%
  16. John or Patty Duke 62.07%
  17. John Patrick "House." 62.07%
  18. John Adams' wife 61.54%
  19. "Of ___," Updike title 61.54%
  20. John Updike novel of 1960 61.11%
✏️ Suggest new clue

Related word tools

Unscramble JOHN4-letter words that start with J4-letter words that end in N4-letter words containing OH4-letter words containing HN4-letter words with J and O
Often perfumed powder
?
T
?
A
?
L
?
C
Hint 1 meaning
A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.
Hint 2 anagram
LCTA
Hint 3 another clue
BABY DOCTOR FOR SHORT
Play Crossword
4 +1

New Crossword Suggestion

Clue
Answer (solution)