What did John Cheever mean by: Admite the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the lord. John Cheever Writer Copy
I don’t like to see all my energies, all of my youth, wasted in fur coats and radios and slipcovers. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Cheever, Materialism, Regret, Youth, 0 John Cheever Writer
Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Cheever, Creativity, Experimentation, Innovation, 0 John Cheever Writer
+ Only the opium eater truly understands the pain of death. Author, August 17, 2023January 2, 2025, John Cheever, Addiction, Mortality, Understanding, 0 John Cheever Writer
Sometimes the easiest-seeming stories to a reader are the hardest kind to write. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Cheever, Challenge, Perception, Writing, 0 John Cheever Writer
+ Without a reader, I cannot write. It’s like a kiss: they cannot be done alone. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Cheever, Connection, Creativity, Interdependence, 0 John Cheever Writer
When the beginnings of self destruction enter the heart, it seems no bigger than a grain of sand. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Cheever, Awareness, Introspection, Self-destruction, 0 John Cheever Writer
I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss – you can’t do it alone. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Cheever, Communication, Connection, Dependency, 0 John Cheever Writer
+ A page of good prose remains invincible. Author, October 16, 2023January 2, 2025, John Cheever, Power, Resilience, Writing, 0 John Cheever Writer
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
