John Irving Quote
To the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal,’ Pastor Merrill said. ‘So we are always of good courage’! my father exhorted us. ‘We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight,’ he said. ‘We are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
John Irving
To the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal,’ Pastor Merrill said. ‘So we are always of good courage’! my father exhorted us. ‘We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight,’ he said. ‘We are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
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About John Irving
Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of his fourth novel 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 in 2000 for his script of the film adaptation of The Cider House Rules.
Five of his novels have been fully or partially adapted into the films The World According to Garp (1982), The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Simon Birch (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999), and The Door in the Floor (2004). Several of Irving's books and short stories have been set in and around New England, in fictional towns resembling Exeter, New Hampshire.