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title: "1 Dogs Great Quotes By Susan Cheever"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/dogs-are-great-teachers-they-are-at-home-in-the-world-they-live-in/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

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## More by Susan Cheever

> [Pregnancy is difficult for women but it is even more difficult for men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/pregnancy-is-difficult-for-women-but-it-is-even-more-difficult-for-men/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/dogs-are-great-teachers-they-are-at-home-in-the-world-they-live-in/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [When Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike, what he meant was that there are no happy families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/when-tolstoy-wrote-that-all-happy-families-are-alike-what-he-meant/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/i-believe-that-the-memoir-is-the-novel-of-the-21st-century-it-s-an/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/if-a-woman-is-surrounded-by-lovers-or-if-a-woman-has-a-lot-of-guys/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [There is no such thing as expecting too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/there-is-no-such-thing-as-expecting-too-much/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/all-writers-have-strengths-and-weaknesses-i-am-terrified-of-being/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [ 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.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/our-western-culture-embraces-sex-addiction-if-i-drink-too-much-or/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/there-were-a-number-of-books-about-bill-wilson-and-by-him-but-a-lot/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [There is no other closeness in human life like the closeness between a mother and her baby - chronologically, physically, and spiritually they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/there-is-no-other-closeness-in-human-life-like-the-closeness-between/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/the-actual-american-childhood-is-less-norman-rockwell-and-walt-disney/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [Personal experience is the lightning of the soul; it transforms the heart in ways that leave the brain behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/personal-experience-is-the-lightning-of-the-soul-it-transforms-the/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [Love is a great wrecker of peace of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/love-is-a-great-wrecker-of-peace-of-mind/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/there-is-some-consensus-there-s-obsession-there-s-never-satiety-and/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/i-think-12-step-programs-really-work-rehab-really-works-certain-types/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

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