#liz

Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#civilization

I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#civilization

You’ll never be just anything. A tsunami can never be ‘just’ a wave.” “Get off my chin.” “I like that about you. Waves are banal. Tsunamis reshape the Earth. Under the right circumstances, even entire civilizations.” I blink. “You’re going to be one hell of a woman one day, Dani. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#ryodan #civilization

الحضارة تُعلِّم أما الثقافة فتُنور. تحتاج الأولي الى تعلم, اما الثانية فتحتاج الى تأمل ↗

— علي عزت بيجوفيتش

#culture #learning #meditation #civilization

Guess that's thirty-one pieces of silver you've got now, huh? Sleep well, Judas. ↗

— Mark Millar

#civil-war #daredevil #iron-man #judas #marvel

Western civilization is a loaded gun pointed at the head of this planet. ↗

— Terence McKenna

#gun #sustainability #western-civilization #civilization

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again. ↗

— Jane Austen

#mr-darcy #parting #pride-and-prejudice #civilization

Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#civilization

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself. ↗

— Albert Camus

#writers #writing #civilization

Women's liberation is one thing, but the permeation of anti-male sentiment in post-modern popular culture - from our mocking sitcom plots to degrading commercial story lines - stands testament to the ignorance of society. Fair or not, as the lead gender that never requested such a role, the historical male reputation is quite balanced. For all of their perceived wrongs, over centuries they've moved entire civilizations forward, nurtured the human quest for discovery and industry, and led humankind from inconvenient darkness to convenient modernity. Navigating the chessboard that is human existence is quite a feat, yet one rarely acknowledged in modern academia or media. And yet for those monumental achievements, I love and admire the balanced creation that is man for all his strengths and weaknesses, his gifts and his curses. I would venture to say that most wise women do. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#feminism #life #maleness #modernity #philosophy