# Quote — John Cheever, The Wapshot Chronicle

> He had that spooky bass voice meant to announce that he had entered the kingdom of manhood, but Rosalie knew that he was still outside the gates.

- Author: [John Cheever](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-cheever.md)
- Book: [The Wapshot Chronicle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-cheever/the-wapshot-chronicle.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Cheever#The_Wapshot_Chronicle_(1957)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-cheever/the-wapshot-chronicle/he-had-that

## More from this book

> ...your underwear is clean in case you should be hit by a taxicab and have to be undressed by strangers.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-cheever/the-wapshot-chronicle/your-underwear-is-clean.md)

> I'm wicked, as you say, and I'm rude and I'm boorish and I discovered, after marrying Mr Scaddon, that I could be all these things and worse and that there would still be plenty of people to lick my boots.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-cheever/the-wapshot-chronicle/im-wicked-as-you.md)

> Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the lord.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-cheever/the-wapshot-chronicle/admire-the-world.md)