Quotes from bookThe World According to Garp
The World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel, about a man, born out of wedlock to a feminist leader, who grows up to be a writer. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for several years. It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979, and its first paperback edition won the Award the following year.A movie adaptation of the novel starring Robin Williams was released in 1982, with a screenplay written by Steve Tesich.
“In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases.”
John Irving book The World According to Garp
Source: The World According to Garp, ch. 19
“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.”
John Irving book The World According to Garp
Source: The World According to Garp
“Imagining something is better than remembering something.”
John Irving book The World According to Garp
Source: The World According to Garp]] (1978)
“They were involved in that awkward procedure of getting to unknow each other.”
John Irving book The World According to Garp
Source: The World According to Garp
“All men are liars, said Roberta Muldoon, who knew this was true because she had once been a man.”
John Irving book The World According to Garp
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“Everybody dies … The thing is, to have a life before we die.”
John Irving book The World According to Garp
Source: The World According to Garp
“Imagination, he realized, came harder than memory.”
John Irving book The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp, ch. 5
