John Updike Quotes about Time

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Time is our element, not a mistaken invader.

Time is our element, not a mistaken invader.

John Updike

Time, Elements, Invaders

John Updike (2010). “Rabbit Redux”, p.400, Random House

Sun and moon, sun and moon, time goes.

John Updike

Time, Moon, Sun

John Updike (2010). “Rabbit, Run”, p.141, Random House

By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved.

John Updike

Time, Partnership, Dissolving

John Updike (2012). “Couples: A Novel”, p.550, Random House

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.

John Updike

Wisdom, Time, Ideas

1992 In the New Yorker, Nov.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of. Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings.

John Updike

Time, Love Life, Thieves