I have always been the lover - never the beloved - and I have spent much of my life waiting for trains, planes, boats, footsteps, doorbells, letters, telephones, snow, rain, thunder.
Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the worl… - John Cheever
Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the worl…
- John Cheever
A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heavi… - John Cheever
A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heavi…
If there is anybody I detest, it is weak-minded sentimentalists-all those melancholy people who, out of an excess of sympathy for others, miss the th… - John Cheever
If there is anybody I detest, it is weak-minded sentimentalists-all those melancholy people who, out of an excess of sympathy for others, miss the th…
You can't expect to communicate with anyone if you're a bore. - John Cheever
You can't expect to communicate with anyone if you're a bore.
I love you not for the person you are, but for your possibilities. - John Cheever
I love you not for the person you are, but for your possibilities.
The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment. - John Cheever
The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment.
It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong. - John Cheever
It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.
The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable. - John Cheever
The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.
Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. Courage tastes of blood. Stand up straight. Admire the world. Relish the love of a… - John Cheever
Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. Courage tastes of blood. Stand up straight. Admire the world. Relish the love of a…
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