Author

John Cheever

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“I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.”— John Cheever
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“For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.”— John Cheever
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“The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.”— John Cheever
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“When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.”— John Cheever
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“Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.”— John Cheever
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“Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.”— John Cheever
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“Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.”— John Cheever
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“Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.”— John Cheever
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“It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.”— John Cheever
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“All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.”— John Cheever