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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“ My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’ ”

- Tupac Shakur

“ Life is an abstract art, and it’s up to you to make sense of it. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ You are successful in my book if you do what you love for a living; you do not owe money to anyone; you have a place what you call home; you have a wife/husband, a girlfriend/boyfriend, or a partner who loves and respects you; and most importantly, you are surrounded by friends and loved ones who stand by you in good and bad days. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. ”

- Stephen King

“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson

“ The beautiful thing about love is that you just need to plant it once and nurture it and it shall bloom into blossoms that would cover the valleys. ”

- Hermann J. Steinherr

“ You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending. ”

- James R. Sherman

“ Because, if you could love someone, and keep loving them, without being loved back . . . then that love had to be real. It hurt too much to be anything else. ”

- Sarah Cross

“ The night still bold The cold singing by The crickets on their turbo Ushering in a celestial night in beautiful robe For tonight he will wonder into a glorious quest of the night As he lay down his head, will the Angels guard him Good night and sweet dreams ”

- Perpetua Ukakogu

“ Tuhan kan nggak mungkin langsung sedekah ke orangorang, ya kalianlah sedekah duit kalau punya duit, sedekah ilmu, sedekah senyum. Masa sih kalau sudah gitu Tuhan gak bales cintamu? Tapi gak mungkin dia belaibelai langsung rambutmu, sentuh bibirmu. Maka Tuhan ciptakan “wakil”nya, yaitu pacarmu. Maka doalah, “Tuhan, semoga pacarku ini betulbetul orang yang kau pilihkan untukku. ”

- Sujiwo Tejo

“ Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. ”

- Ellen DeGeneres

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ”

- Émile Zola

“ Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. ”

- Amit Ray

“ I want to stand in front Allah proud of how well I treated back in dunya. ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. ”

- Helen Fisher

“ The pillow looked astonished, wondering what ended the late night river that used to run through it, but only he knows that she is the reason ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ Love is the beauty of the soul. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ Love is beautiful as written in The Greatest Proposal Book ”

- Khuliso Mamathoni

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. ”

- Shel Silverstein