Quotes by John Barth

Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back.
– John Barth
More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.
– John Barth
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
– John Barth
The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.
– John Barth