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The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to dea

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

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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

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