John Irving Quote
Once the state starts providing, it feels free to hand out the rules, too! Larch blurted hastily. ...In a better world... she began patiently.No, not in a better world! he cried. In this one--in this world. I take this world as a given. Talk to me about this world! ...Oh, I can't always be right, Larch said tiredly.Yes, I know, Nurse Caroline said sympathetically. It's because even a good man can't always be right that we need a society, that we need certain rules--call them priorities, if you prefer, she said. ...Always in the background of his mind, there was a newborn baby crying... And they were not crying to be born, he knew; they were crying because they were born.
John Irving
Once the state starts providing, it feels free to hand out the rules, too! Larch blurted hastily. ...In a better world... she began patiently.No, not in a better world! he cried. In this one--in this world. I take this world as a given. Talk to me about this world! ...Oh, I can't always be right, Larch said tiredly.Yes, I know, Nurse Caroline said sympathetically. It's because even a good man can't always be right that we need a society, that we need certain rules--call them priorities, if you prefer, she said. ...Always in the background of his mind, there was a newborn baby crying... And they were not crying to be born, he knew; they were crying because they were born.
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About John Irving
Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. Many of Irving's novels, including The Hotel New Hampshire (1981), The Cider House Rules (1985), A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), and A Widow for One Year (1998), have been bestsellers. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 72nd Academy Awards (1999) for his script of The Cider House Rules.
Five of his novels have been adapted into films (Garp, Hotel New Hampshire, Owen Meany, Cider House, and Widow for One Year). Several of Irving's books and short stories have been set in and around New England, in fictional towns resembling Exeter, New Hampshire.