# Quote — John Hoyer Updike, Rabbit Is Rich

> The great thing about the dead, they make space.

- Author: [John Hoyer Updike](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hoyer-updike.md)
- Book: [Rabbit Is Rich](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hoyer-updike/rabbit-is-rich.md)
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- Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/death.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hoyer-updike/rabbit-is-rich/the-great-thing
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## More from this book

> "Look, Nelson. Maybe I haven't done everything right in my life. I know I haven't. But I haven't committed the greatest sin. I haven't laid down and died."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hoyer-updike/rabbit-is-rich/look-nelson-maybe.md)

Topics: [life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/life.md)

> You don’t stop caring, champ. You still care about that little girl whose underpants you saw in kindergarten. Once you care, you always care. That’s how stupid we are.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hoyer-updike/rabbit-is-rich/you-dont-stop.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md)

> "The past is the past," Harry goes on, "you got to live in the present. … It's the only way to think. When you're my age, you'll see it. At my age if you carried all the misery you've seen on your back you'd never get up in the morning."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hoyer-updike/rabbit-is-rich/the-past-is-the.md)

Topics: [the past](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/the-past.md)