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

Other quotes by John Cheever

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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All literary men are Red Sox fans – to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. – John Cheever

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Society
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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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Home
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Other Quotes from
Writing
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Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such. – Samuel Butler

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Writing

Our passions shape our books; repose writes them in the intervals. – Proust, The Past Recaptured, 1927

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Writing

An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts. – Juvenal, Satires

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Writing

Writing is a struggle against silence. – Carlos Fuentes

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Writing

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For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself. – James McGreevey

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relationship

The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world. – Stanislav Grof

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relationship

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. – Milton Friedman

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Inflation

The Negro people of America… have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty . – Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

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Faith