A company of believers is like a prison full of criminals; … - John Updike

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A company of believers is like a prison full of criminals; their intimacy and solidarity is based on what they can least justify about themselves.

John Updike

In the Beauty of the Lilies · April 24, 1997 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, critic and short-story writer.

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