"The novel remains for me one of the few forms where we can record man's complexity and the strength and decency of his longings."

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John Cheever

#Men Quotes #Records Quotes #Longing Quotes

“My mother was there every day of the production. You know what? My mother and I are so close, she really understands the fact that I am 18 and I am maturing. I guess I am not your average 18 year-old”
“All things change, creeds and philosophies and outward systems - but God remains.”

Source : "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.
“The true art of being young is knowing how to defy gravity and upset as many people as possible while doing it. How to penetrate the great secrets of the universe and damn the torpedoes. How to stir the demons of our destiny.”
“Words cut through my skin, tears roll down my chin”
“I count it a high honor to belong to a profession in which the good men write every paragraph, every sentence, every line, as lovingly as any Addison or Steele, and do so in full regard that by tomorrow it will have been burned, or used, if at all, to line a shelf.”
“I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.”
“Sometimes I'll have a brief window of mini-fame thanks to 'Access Hollywood.' But it only lasts a couple of days, and then no one recognizes me anymore.”
“if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.”

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