All literary men are Red Sox fans – to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. – John Cheever
When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places. – John Cheever
It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong. – John Cheever
The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, near-sightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We seem tragically unable to help one another, to understand one another. – John Cheever
Common sense tells us that the governments attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy. – Sarah Palin