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John Cheever quotes

American Writer May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982

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She perceived vaguely the pitiful corruption of the adult world; how cruel and frail it was, like a worn piece of burlap, patched with stupidities and mistakes, useless and ugly, and yet they never saw its worthlessness. John Cheever
John Cheever quote: "I do not understand the capricious lewdness of a sleeping mind."
I do not understand the capricious lewdness of a sleeping mind. John Cheever
John Cheever quote: "I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind."
I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind. John Cheever
What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power. John Cheever
John Cheever quote: "Art is the triumph over chaos."
Art is the triumph over chaos. John Cheever
John Cheever quote: "Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your..."
Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. John Cheever
Long ago when they first invented the atomic bomb people used to worry about its going off and killing everybody, but they didn't know that mankind has enough dynamite right in his guts to tear the fucking plant to pieces. John Cheever
He was not a practical joke nor was he a fool but he was determinedly original and had a vague and modest idea of himself as a legendary figure. John Cheever
John Cheever quote: "There is a terrible sameness to the euphoria of alcohol and..."
There is a terrible sameness to the euphoria of alcohol and the euphoria of metaphor. John Cheever
John Cheever quote: "I don't like to see all my energies, all of my youth, wasted..."
I don't like to see all my energies, all of my youth, wasted in fur coats and radios and slipcovers. John Cheever
John Cheever quote: "I've been homesick for countries I've never been, and longed..."
I've been homesick for countries I've never been, and longed to be where I couldn't be. John Cheever
John Cheever quote: "I was here on earth because I chose to be."
I was here on earth because I chose to be. John Cheever
John Cheever quote: "That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit."
That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit. John Cheever
These napkins are more holy than righteous? Mrs. Wapshot said, and most of her conversation at table was made up of just such chestnuts, saws and hoary puns. John Cheever
John Cheever quote: "Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it..."
Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction. John Cheever

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