# Quote — John Updike, Rabbit at Rest

> [about the past, and Mary Ann, before Harry went to do his two years in the army] Maybe she sensed something about him. A loser. Though at eighteen he looked like a winner.

- Author: [John Updike](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-updike.md)
- Book: [Rabbit at Rest](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-updike/rabbit-at-rest.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-updike/rabbit-at-rest/about-the-past

## More from this book

> He could have gone over that night and faced the music but how much music is a man supposed to face?

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> The smell of good advice always makes Rabbit want to run the other way.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-updike/rabbit-at-rest/the-smell-of-good.md)

> No matter how hard you climb, there are always the rich above you, who got there without effort. Lucky stiffs, holding you down, making you discontent so you buy more of the crap advertised on television.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-updike/rabbit-at-rest/no-matter-how.md)