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John Cheever

John Cheever

American Writer

Born: May 27, 1912

Died: Jun 18, 1982

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

Wisdom Good Strength Knowledge Good And Evil Evil Between Choose Two

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

Fear Rusty Knife Like House Tastes Your Her

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

Alone You Kiss Write Like Reader Without Precisely

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

Wisdom Good Strength Knowledge Good And Evil Evil Between Know Choose Two

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy. John Cheever

People Confusion Philosophy Morals Between Look Because Always Been Fiction

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

Remember Way Heading Exit Them

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

Family Remember Backs Always Leaving Were Places

What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power. John Cheever

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