When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places. – 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
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. – John Cheever
I cant write without a reader. Its precisely like a kiss – you cant do it alone. – John Cheever
Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they dont wanna move out. They dont want to and they dont have the means to sustain it. Thats where my heart is and thats what I think about all the time. – Ice Cube