"All blessings are mixed blessings...." - Quote by John Updike

“A cynic is a kind of romantic who has aged.”

“If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price.”

“Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.”

“Merely to exist is not enough.”

“It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”

“Don't live like there's no tomorrow because tomorrow always comes.”

“Be a gift and a benediction.”

“What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.”

“I hope life treats you kind, and I hope you have all that you ever dreamed of, and I wish you joy and happiness. But above all of this, I wish you love.”