The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.
John CheeverRead
I've been homesick for countries I've never been, and longed to be where I couldn't be.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses a longing for places and experiences that are elusive or imaginary.
In this quote, John Cheever articulates a profound sense of yearning for the unfamiliar and unexperienced. It reflects on the human condition of desiring something beyond our reach, conveying the idea that our imagination often leads us to long for places and experiences that we have never encountered, revealing the complexities of home and belonging in our lives.
Themes
HomesicknessLongingImaginationTravelBelonging
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared in a travel blog to express the feeling of wanderlust.
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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.
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The world that was not mine yesterday now lies spread out at my feet, a splendor. I seem, in the middle of the night, to have returned to the world of apples, the orchards of Heaven. Perhaps I should take my problems to a shrink, or perhaps I should enjoy the apples that I have, streaked with color like the evening sky.
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