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

Quote by John Cheever

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

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

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction...

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction...

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

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

Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction.

Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction.

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

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

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just...

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just...

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do...

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do...

What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say....

What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say....

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

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

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

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

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.

I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.

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

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

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

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

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a...

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a...

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced...

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced...

History is a better guide than good intentions

History is a better guide than good intentions

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's...

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's...

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in...

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in...

Although the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most...

Although the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most...