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> [When the beginnings of self destruction enter the heart, it seems no bigger than a grain of sand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/when-the-beginnings-of-self-destruction-enter-the-heart-it-seems-no/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

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## More by John Cheever

> [Only the opium eater truly understands the pain of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/only-the-opium-eater-truly-understands-the-pain-of-death/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [The poet or storyteller who feels that he is competing with a superb double play in the World Series is a lost man. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/the-poet-or-storyteller-who-feels-that-he-is-competing-with-a-superb/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [“She perceived vaguely the pitiful corruption of the adult world; how cruel and frail it was, like a worn piece of burlap, patched with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/she-perceived-vaguely-the-pitiful-corruption-of-the-adult-world-how/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [For lovers, touch is metamorphosis. All the parts of their bodies seem to change, and they seem to become something different and better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/for-lovers-touch-is-metamorphosis-all-the-parts-of-their-bodies-seem/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [“I dream that someone in space says to me: So let us rush, then, to see the world. It is shaped like an egg,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/i-dream-that-someone-in-space-says-to-me-so-let-us-rush-then-to-see/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [I don't like to see all my energies, all of my youth, wasted in fur coats and radios and slipcovers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/i-don-t-like-to-see-all-my-energies-all-of-my-youth-wasted-in-fur/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/literature-has-been-the-salvation-of-the-damned-literature-has/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [At my back I hear the word-"homosexual"-and it seems to split my world in two… It is ignorance, our ignorance of one another, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/at-my-back-i-hear-the-word-homosexual-and-it-seems-to-split-my-world/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [One would never have guessed that the world had such a capacity for genuine grief. The most we can do is exploit our memories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/one-would-never-have-guessed-that-the-world-had-such-a-capacity-for/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [“His stepmother -wearing a nightgown for comfort and a flowered hat for looks- had spent her days sitting in their parlor window in Baltimore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/his-stepmother-wearing-a-nightgown-for-comfort-and-a-flowered-hat-for/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. Courage tastes of blood. Stand up straight. Admire the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/fear-tastes-like-a-rusty-knife-and-do-not-let-her-into-your-house/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [I dream that my face appears on a postage stamp.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/i-dream-that-my-face-appears-on-a-postage-stamp/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/wisdom-is-the-knowledge-of-good-and-evil-not-the-strength-to-choose/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [“There was some faint coughing, a moan, and then a man spoke. "Are you all right, darling?" he asked. "Yes," a woman said wearily.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/there-was-some-faint-coughing-a-moan-and-then-a-man-spoke-are-you-all/)

[John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/)

> [“It was one of those midsummer Sundays when everyone sits around saying, "I drank too much last night." You might have heard it whispered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/it-was-one-of-those-midsummer-sundays-when-everyone-sits-around/)

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