[Nelson, re watching TV] He watches until he feels his inte… - John Updike

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[Nelson, re watching TV] He watches until he feels his intelligence being too rudely insulted or his patience being too arrogantly tested by the commercials...

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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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Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.

[Mim to Nelson] "Your father wasn't stupid, he just acted stupid."

In the old movies, yes, there always was the happy ending and order was restored. As it is in Shakespeare's plays. It's no disgrace to, in the end, restore order. And punish the wicked and, in some way, reward the righteous.

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