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

Quote by John Cheever

Topics: Nature Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

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...

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....

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of...

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of...

What would happen if u prayed everytime u felt scared, sad, lonley, depressed? hmmm

What would happen if u prayed everytime u felt scared, sad, lonley, depressed? hmmm

Being Free Means Being Lonely.

Being Free Means Being Lonely.