Quotes by : John Cheever

Like all bitter men, Flint knew less than half the story and was more interested in unloading his own....

Standing in the rain outside the door of Percy’s old house, we seemed bound together not by blood and....

You might have said that his look was thoughtful until you realized that he was not a thoughtful man.....

I was here on earth because I chose to be.

I dream that someone in space says to me: So let us rush, then, to see the world. It is shaped like an....

Percy must have perceived, early in her marriage, that her husband’s lechery was compulsive and incurable,....

Mixed with the love we hold for our native country is the fact that it is the place where we were raised,....

A NEW CONQUEST always had a wonderful effect on Charlie. He became overnight generous, understanding,....

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to....

Oh, what can you do with a man like that? What can you do? How can you dissuade his eye in a crowd from....