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"Like water, blood must run or grow scum."
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John UpdikeOnce when Harry asked Ed why they didnt go back to Toledo, Ed looked a — John Updike
"Once when Harry asked Ed why they didnt go back to Toledo, Ed looked at him with that smartass squint and asked, "You ever been to Toledo?"
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John Updike
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John Hoyer Updike was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career.
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