John Cheever Famous Quotes



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

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.


John Cheever Quotations






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The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.
Lawana Blackwell

I had rather be right than be President.
Henry Clay

'Tisn't life that matters 'Tis the courage you bring to it.
Joan Borysenko

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
Thomas Fuller

To break a promise is to deny the reality of the past Therefore it is to deny the hope of a real future....
Ursala Lequin

Life is a risk.
Diane Von Furstenberg

Readiness of speech is often inability to hold the tongue.
Jean Baptiste Rousseau

"During the Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have time to sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressing problems. If you think you have it tough, read history books."
Bill Maher

"His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all."
J R R Tolkien

"In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon."
Horace