Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditionally, not for our bodies or bank accounts. — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with… — Susan Cheever Copy Share
When Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike, what he meant was that there are no happy families. — Susan Cheever Copy Share
I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just… — Susan Cheever Copy Share
If a woman is surrounded by lovers or if a woman has a lot of guys asking her out, that's considered wonderful. As a… — Susan Cheever Copy Share
All writers have strengths and weaknesses. I am terrified of being boring, so I write short, compressed stories that sometimes don't give a reader… — Susan Cheever Copy Share
Our [western] culture embraces sex addiction. If I drink too much or rack up credit-card debt or lose the rent in Vegas, that's bad.… — Susan Cheever Copy Share
There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done. — Susan Cheever Copy Share
There is no other closeness in human life like the closeness between a mother and her baby - chronologically, physically, and spiritually they are… — Susan Cheever Copy Share
The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe. — Susan Cheever Copy Share
Personal experience is the lightning of the soul; it transforms the heart in ways that leave the brain behind. — Susan Cheever Copy Share
There is some consensus: There's obsession, there's never satiety, and there's always remorse. For me, the big thing is that you're always breaking a… — Susan Cheever Copy Share
I think 12-step programs really work, rehab really works, certain types of therapies and talking to other addicts really work. There are a lot… — Susan Cheever Copy Share
