When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places. — John Cheever
Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego. — John Cheever
Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers — John Cheever
Tom, dick, and harry can go to reno on a whim, but nothing short of death can separate john and mary. — John Cheever
Strange and predatory and truly dangerous, car thieves and muggers — they seem to jeopardize all our cherished concepts — John Cheever
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. — John Cheever
The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable. — John Cheever
All literary men are red sox fans – to be a yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. — John Cheever