[Janice] Looking back from this distance, she can't think any more that Harry was all to blame for their early troubles, he had just been trying life… - John Updike
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[Janice] Looking back from this distance, she can't think any more that Harry was all to blame for their early troubles, he had just been trying life on too: life and sex and making babies and finding out who you are.
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John Updike
John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, critic and short-story writer.
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