"Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live."

-- Octavia Butler

#Civilization Quotes #People Quotes #Way Quotes

“Anna Karenina is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. Its gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, its the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.”
“(Waste = Loss): The first rule of business is to survive and the guiding principle of business economics is not the maximisation of profit, it is the avoidance of loss”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 20, 2015
“Get deep with me. Set your thoughts free.”
“So there you have it: Nature is a rotten mess. But that's only the beginning. If you take your eyes off it for one second, it will kill you. Thorns, insects, fungus, worms, birds, reptiles, wild animals, raging rivers, bottomless ravines, dry deserts, snow, quicksand, tumbleweeds, sap, and mud. Rot, poison and death. That's Nature.It's a wonder you even step outside of your cabin, I said.My bravery exceeds my good sense, he said.”

Source : Lee Goldberg (2009). “Mr. Monk in Trouble”, p.70, Penguin
“I'm actually pretty smart when you get to know me.”
“Elysium is as far as to The very nearest room, If in that room a friend await Felicity of doom.”
“Never chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn't given freely by another person, it isn't worth having.”
“With a rasping cough, the vampire shakes its head. "It was you who called us. All of you, with your war. The roar of your cannons shook us from our quiet graves...”

Source : Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden (2008). “Baltimore,: Or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire”, p.380, Spectra

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