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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I cant write without a reader. Its precisely like a kiss – you cant do it alone. – John Cheever

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alone
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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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Loneliness
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To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all. – Lord Byron

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Writing

Publication – is the auction of the Mind of Man. – Emily Dickinson

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Writing

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. – André Gide

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Writing

No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. – Russell Lynes

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Writing

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Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research. – Ike Skelton

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Accurst be he that first invented war. – Christopher Marlowe

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It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land. – William Graham Sumner

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We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war. – Charles Caleb Colton

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