Updike’s Four Life Forces

Ed Newman
3 min readOct 15, 2018

“Sun and moon, sun and moon, time goes.” — John Updike, Rabbit Run

Illustration by the author.

John Updike once suggested that there are four life forces: Love, Habit, Time and Boredom. This morning’s ramble here is the product of Habit. I’m not sure I have that much to say, and the proper thing to do when you have nothing to say is to shut your mouth. But then, I digress.

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Ed Newman

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