Quotes of John Cheever

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A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind.

- John Cheever

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“ Life is tough, darling, but so are you. ”

- Stephanie Bennett Henry

“ In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life. ”

- Charles F. Glassman

“ Sometimes the best of gods gift's arrive by the shattering of all the window panes. ”

- Paulo Coelho

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

“ Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ As powerful as your genetic combination is in determining the outcome of your life, your decisions are more powerful. You will ultimately look like your decisions. ”

- Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

“ If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. ”

- Mary Roberts Rinehart

“ Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ So don't you worry your pretty little mind because people throw rocks at things that shine. [Ours] ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Don't be pushed by your problems;be led by your dreams. Believe in you. ”

- Vasso Charalambous

“ Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Damn right you are. Tinley, you know I love you, and I want nothing but the best for you. But you are only as capable as you believe you are. I know you could do anything you want to in this world, but you have to want it and tell yourself you can actually do it. Stop second guessing yourself and let yourself live. Truly live. ”

- Alexandria Bishop

“ I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Love is blind, they say–but isn’t it more that love makes us see too much? Isn’t it more that love floods our brain with sights and sounds, so that everything looks bigger, brighter, more lovely than ever before? ”

- Susan Fletcher Eve Green

“ Tucker strokes my hair. There's something so tender about the gesture. It might as well have been him whispering I love you. ”

- Cynthia Hand

“ Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ”

- Pablo Picasso

“ Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good. ”

- P.C. Cast

“ Everyday of your life is a another lesson. If you learn the lesson well and apply it; whether positive or negative, you determine what happens in your tomorrow. ”

- David Kofi Awusi

“ Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. ”

- W. E. B. Du Bois