Omar El AkkadIt seemed to Karina further proof that wartime was the only time the world became as simple and carnivorously liberating as it must exist at all times in men's minds.
About This Quote
This quote by the writer John Cheever is about the state in which societies can be when in war. People in times of war tend to become very violent and cynical, like the animals fighting in the wild. During wartime, people become very focused on what needs to be done to win, leaving nothing else their mind. In a time of war people do not care about society, just what they can do to win. War brings out the best and worst of humanity.
Source: American War
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