“The novel remains for me one of the few forms where we can record man’s complexity and the strength and decency of his longings.”— John Cheever, Accepting National Book Award, The Writer (September 1958)Share
“When the beginnings of self-destruction enter the heart it seems no bigger than a grain of sand.”— John CheeverShare
“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”— AristotleShare
“There be none of Beauty's daughters with a magic like thee; and like music on the waters is thy sweet voice to me.”— Lord ByronShare
“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it.”— Toni MorrisonShare
“I've found that there is always some beauty left — in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”— Anne FrankShare
“Warriors of the light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.”— Paulo CoelhoShare
“There is a science of intelligent living, an art of being fully human, in which we all can and ought to be creative.”— Laura Archera HuxleyShare
