"The family is the engine that drives civilization. Throughout history, those cultures that have failed to found their rules and attitudes of society on the central importance of the family unit have decayed and disintegrated."

-- Jeremiah Denton

#Attitude Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Culture Quotes

“Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.”
“the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute”
“The essence of illness is the freezing of behavior into unalterable and insatiable patterns.”
“Never tell tales about a woman. No matter how far away she is, shell always hear you.”
“Truth is far and flat, and fancy is fiery; and truth is cold, and people feel the cold, and they may wrap themselves against it in fancies that are fiery, but they should not call them facts; and, generally, poets do not; they are shrewd, they feel the cold, too, but they know a hawk from a handsaw, a fact from a fancy, as none knows better.”
“Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth.”
“My favorite wines are Zinfandels.”
“I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people.”

Source : "Chinese writer Mo Yan, known for bawdy, sprawling tales, wins Nobel literature prize". www.foxnews.com. October 11, 2012.

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