More quotes by John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

"O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You."
"If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it."
"O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You."
"My life is a reading list."
"Many things the gods achieve beyond our judgement,'"said the sorrowful girl. "'What we thought is not confirmed and what we thought not God contives."