John Cheever Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: May 27, 1912 - June 18, 1982
Birthday: May 27
Death: June 18
For these are not as they might seem to be, the ruins of our civilization, but are temporary encampment and outposts of the civilization that we - you and I - shall build.
source: John Cheever (1961). “Some Peoples, Places, and Things that Will Not Appear in My Next Novel”, New York : Harper
topic: Civilization, Might, Ruins, Encampment
