"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."
-John Cheever
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"It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.“
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"Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two."
-John Cheever
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"The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness."
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"When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places."
-John Cheever
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"Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house."
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"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
-Marcus Aurelius
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"Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for."
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"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know."
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"The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning."
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"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together."
-Ray Bradbury
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