Bankruptcy Like Spiritualism, A Sacred State: Updike

"Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily obscene, like spiritualism. One knows only that he has passed into it and lives beyond us, in a condition not ours" -- John Updike

Sex is Like Money; Only Too Much is Enough: Updike

"Sex is like money; only too much is enough" -- John Updike

Speaking With Children Above Earning Money: Updike

"If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money." -- John Updike

New Means More Costly for American Tastes

"Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it cost them." -- John Updike