Frases de John Cheever

John Cheever fue un autor de relatos y novelista estadounidense, frecuentemente llamado «el Chéjov de los barrios residenciales». Wikipedia  

✵ 27. mayo 1912 – 18. junio 1982   •   Otros nombres جان چیور
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Frases célebres de John Cheever

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John Cheever: Frases en inglés

“Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.”

Entry in his journal before his last public appearance, the ceremony at which he received the National Medal for Literature, quoted by Susan Cheever, Home before Dark Houghton Mifflin (1984).

“I was here on earth because I chose to be.”

John Cheever libro The Stories of John Cheever

Fuente: The Stories of John Cheever

“Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil not the strength to choose between the two.”

The Late Forties and the Fifties, 1956 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)

“When the beginnings of self-destruction enter the heart it seems no bigger than a grain of sand.”

The Late Forties and the Fifties, 1952 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)

“One would never have guessed that the world had such a capacity for genuine grief. The most we can do is exploit our memories of his excellence.”

On the assassination of John F. Kennedy
The Sixties, 1963 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)

“I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.”

The Late Forties and the Fifties, 1955 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)

“What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power.”

Entry in his journal before his last public appearance, the ceremony at which he received the National Medal for Literature, quoted by Susan Cheever, Home before Dark Houghton Mifflin (1984).

“Art is the triumph over chaos.”

The Stories of John Cheever Knopf (1978).

“Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the lord.”

John Cheever libro The Wapshot Chronicle

The Wapshot Chronicle (1957)

“Homesickness is nothing … Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.”

“The Bella Lingua” in The Brigadier and the Golf Widow (1964).

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