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

Quote by John Cheever

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed...

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed...

The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman...

The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman...

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

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...

A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle...

A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle...

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...

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 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...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the...

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...

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...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the...

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this...

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this...

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's...

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...