But it is just two lovers, holding hands and in a hurry to reach their car, their locked hands a starfish leaping through the dark.

John Updike
Some Similar Quotes
  1. I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. - Marilyn Monroe

  2. You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth. - William W. Purkey

  3. You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. - Dr. Seuss

  4. A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. - Elbert Hubbard

  5. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. - Unknown

More Quotes By John Updike
  1. It is easy to love people in memory the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

  2. Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings.

  3. If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price.

  4. The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.

  5. Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey.

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