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

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

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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

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We write to remember our nows later. – Terri Guillemets

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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. – William Wordsworth

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One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment. – Hart Crane

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Be obscure clearly. – E.B. White

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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. – Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776

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If you would read a mans Disposition, see him Game, you will then learn more of him in one hour, than in seven Years Conversation… – Richard Lingard, A Letter of Advice To A Young Gentleman Leaving the University,

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Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead. – Mark Twain

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