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“The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.”

John Cheever · Communication

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John Cheever

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.

Family

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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.

Beauty

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Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

Fear

John Cheever

It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.

Morning