Born Quote by John Cheever

Only the opium eater truly understands the pain of death.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— 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,…

— John Cheever

I don't like to see all my energies, all of my youth, wasted in fur coats and radios and slipcovers.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.…

— John Cheever

I dream that my face appears on a postage stamp.

— John Cheever