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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. – John Cheever

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It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong. – John Cheever

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Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time. – 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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