Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. – John Cheever
It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong. – John Cheever
Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. – John Cheever
It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong. – John Cheever
When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places. – John Cheever
A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbeys gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind. – John Cheever
The universal human laws – need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain – are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. – George Saunders