...he tries to view his life as a brick of sorts, set in place with a slap in 1933 and hardening ever since… — John Updike
...he tries to view his life as a brick of sorts, set in place with a slap in 1933 and hardening ever since, just one life in rows and walls and blocks of lives.
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