A Prayer for Owen Meany Quotes

“Your memory is a monster; you forget—it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you—and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you!”

― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

topic:hidingmemory

“my life has been determinedly unexciting; my life is a reading list.”

― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

topic:life

“When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time”

― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

topic:timegriefloss

“If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”

― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

topic:courageliving