John Cheever

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It was at the highest point in the arc of a bridge that I became aware suddenly of the depth and bitterness of my feelings about modern life, and of the profoundness of my yearning for a more vivid, simple, and peaceable world.

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Cheever, John. "The Angel of the Bridge." The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 1961.

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Wear dark clothes after 6 p. M. Eat fresh fish for breakfast when available. Avoid kneeling in unheated stone churches. Ecclesiastical dampness causes premature gray hair. Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. Courage tastes of blood. Stand up straight. Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the Lord.

The Wapshot Chronicle

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Cheever, John. The Wapshot Chronicle. Harper & Brothers, 1957, ch. 37.

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