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

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Source : John Cheever, Blake Bailey (2009). “John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings”

John Cheever

#Summer Quotes #Morning Quotes #Splendid Quotes

“A face which is always serene possesses a mysterious and powerful attraction: sad hearts come to it as to the sun to warm themselves again.”
“Never generally means "at no point in time." The term comes from the words 'no' and 'ever', meaning that something is not ever going to happen. Sourced”
“And on Thursday, President Obama seized the opportunity of the National Prayer Breakfast to forthrightly criticize the 'terrible deeds' . . . committed 'in the name of Christ.' ...”
“I actually don't mind rats at all. I kind of think they're quite cute, but that's just me.”

Source : "Jamie Bell: I'm An Actor Obsessed". Interview, parade.com. September 4, 2008.
“When we accept Christ we enter into three new relationships: (1) We enter into a new relationship with God. The judge becomes the father; the distant becomes the near; strangeness becomes intimacy and fear becomes love. (2) We enter into a new relationship with our fellow men. Hatred becomes love; selfishness becomes service; and bitterness becomes forgiveness. (3) We enter into a new relationship with ourselves. Weakness becomes strength; frustration becomes achievement; and tension becomes peace.”
“You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones.”
“Sometimes you search so hard for words. You look for a way to interpret the language of this heart and the unspoken bond you feel. But in the end you are left with nothing but silence. And deep down you hope itâ€™s understood.”
“Cell genetics led us to investigate cell mechanics. Cell mechanics now compels us to infer the structures underlying it. In seeking the mechanism of heredity and variation we are thus discovering the molecular basis of growth and reproduction. The theory of the cell revealed the unity of living processes; the study of the cell is beginning to reveal their physical foundations.”

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