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Danh ngôn của John Cheever (Sứ mệnh: 5)

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.
Art is the triumph over chaos.
The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.
I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.
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 or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.
Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.
Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.
The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.