Surely it is more civilized to kill one man every few months, hold up his head for all to behold, say his name, and return home for a feast than to slaughter nameless millions.
I am beginning to understand, " said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me...
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Unknown
It's in the morning, for most of us. It's that time, those few seconds when we're coming out of sleep but we're not really awake yet. For those few seconds we're something more primitive than what we are about to become. We have just slept...
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Jerry Spinelli
Civilization is vastly overrated.
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Patricia Briggs
When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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Erma Bombeck
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will live in accord with the world. But given a story to enact that puts them at odds with the world, as yours does, they...
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Daniel Quinn
More Quotes By Lily King
There is something about finding the balance to one's nature - perhaps a culture that flourishes is a culture that has found a similar balance among its people.
The impulse to touch her and all the life in her was something I had to check regularly.
I felt in some ways we'd had some sort of sex, sex of the mind, sex of ideas, sex of words, hundreds and thousands of words...
Is it always that way with men, that first burst of love or sex the thing that binds you? Do you always have to harken back to those first weeks when just the way he walked across a room made you want to take off...
You don't struggle with these questions?"" No. But I've always thought my opinion was the right one. It's a small flaw I have."" An American flaw.
