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Prose Quotes by John Cheever
- For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief…
- A page of good prose remains invincible.
- For me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain. A page of good prose is when one hears the noise of…
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- The novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it. — Randall Jarrell