“Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily obscene, like spiritualism. One knows only that he has passed into it and lives beyond us, in a condition not ours.”
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Updike, J. (n.d.). Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily obscene, like spiritualism. One knows only that he has passed into it and lives beyond us, in a condition not ours. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/10779-bankruptcy-is-a-sacred-state-a-condition-beyond/
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Updike, John. “Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily obscene, like spiritualism. One knows only that he has passed into it and lives beyond us, in a condition not ours.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/10779-bankruptcy-is-a-sacred-state-a-condition-beyond/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Updike, John. “Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily obscene, like spiritualism. One knows only that he has passed into it and lives beyond us, in a condition not ours.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/10779-bankruptcy-is-a-sacred-state-a-condition-beyond/.