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Woman Quotes by John Cheever
- Admite the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the lord.
- The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window…
- We praise Him, we bless Him, we adore Him, we glorify Him, and we wonder who is that baritone across the aisle and that pretty…
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