"Of nothing but me I sing, lacking..." - Quote by John Updike
Of nothing but me I sing, lacking another song.
More by John Updike
“A room containing Philip Roth, I have noticed, begins hilariously to whirl and pulse with a mix of rebelliousness and constriction that I take to be Oedipal.”
“The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.”
“Women are an alien race set down among us.”
More on Self
“Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image.[Ger., Das Betragen ist ein Spiegel in welchem jeder sein Bild zeigt.]”
“I sing the body that is electric! I celebrate the Self yet to be unveiled!”
“A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.”
More on Identity
“Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.”
“Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.”
“Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be”