Quote by John Cheever
For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the n

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

Other quotes by John Cheever

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places. – 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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Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. – Gustave Courbet

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Our hearts are drunk with a beauty our eyes could never see. – George W. Russell

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The flowers anew, returning seasons bring but beauty faded has no second spring. – Ambrose Philips

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Physical beauty isnt so impressive to me. – Dita Von Teese

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I remember the first pangs of stress arriving at the end of school. Once I graduated I had to get a full-time job, worry about health insurance, saving money, paying rent – things Id never thought about before. – Ezra Koenig

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Were definitely a hodgepodge of influences. Mine, most heavily, would be Southern rock – the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and stuff like that. Hillary is more from the country side – her mom is Linda Davis, a country singer. Dave, hes a big fan of the Eagles and like that. – Charles Kelley

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If Id known I was gonna live this long. Id have taken better care of myself. Eubie Blake At Age 100 – Eubie Blake

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