"If there is anybody I detest, it is weak-minded sentimentalists-all those melancholy people who, out of an excess of sympathy for others, miss the thrill of their own essence and drift through life without identity, like a human fog, feeling sorry for everyone."

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

John Cheever

#Sorry Quotes #Fog Quotes #Essence Quotes

“To have six billion people on Earth, two billion of whom are carrying around a warped view of you? That has to register.”

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“Of the 50 largest companies in the United States, you are the only woman CEO. Why?”
“Luneta and her parents started and whirled around, to see Terence standing just inside Luneta's door. "Deuce it, Terence!" Luneta's father expostulated. "You'll kill someone that way someday! How did you get inside without any of us hearing you?" "I came in the door, of course," Terence replied, stepping forward. He held two swords in scabbards, which he tossed onto Luneta's bed as he approaced. "For anyone else, the hinges would have squeaked," Luneta's father muttered.”

Source : Gerald Morris (2008). “The Lioness and Her Knight”, p.256, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.”
“The world is starving for American leadership. But America has an anti-war president,”
“Wherever wine grapes are grown, it is beautiful.”
“The last verse that became clear to my vision that day was this: "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God's in Christ Jesus for you."”
“That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)”

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