Author: John Cheever

Quotes

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

- John Cheever

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

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

- John Cheever

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

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

- John Cheever

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

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

- John Cheever

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

- John Cheever

Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.

Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.

- John Cheever

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.

- John Cheever

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

- John Cheever

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.

- John Cheever

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