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John Cheever Quotes

American - Writer | May 27, 1912 - June 18, 1982

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art Chaos Triumph Over

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

Remember Way Exit I Remember Heading

It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.

Morning Wrong Summer Go Nothing

Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.

Home Time People World Nothing

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.

Life Men Red Society Fans Red Sox

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Strength Good Wisdom Knowledge Evil

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

Fear House Knife Her Like Your

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Strength Good Wisdom Knowledge Evil

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.

Family Remember Leaving Places Backs

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.

Life Communication Write Need Sense

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.

Alone Kiss You Write Without Like

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.

Good Beauty Power Rain Grief Me

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