The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment.
John CheeverThe deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.
John CheeverIf there is anybody I detest, it is weak-minded sentimentalists-all those melancholy people who, out of an excess of sympathy for others, miss the thrill of their own essence and drift through life without identity, like a human fog, feeling sorry for everyone.
John Cheever