Cheever Quotes

“As he wrote a friend, “I’m not at all sure what I’m getting into or getting out of but there seems to be a time for departure and this seems to be it.”
― Blake Bailey, Cheever: A Life

“I went down like a tray of dishes”
― Blake Bailey, Cheever: A Life

“He had damaged … the ear's innermost chamber, where we hear the heavy noise of the dragon's tail moving over the dead leaves.”
― Blake Bailey, Cheever: A Life