Civiilization Quotes

“Of course there is no veneer, the process is one of growth, and primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization has an opposite, it is war.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

“But "borderland" can also mean the antithesis of fecundity; it often signifies a lonely outpost and carries with it an end-of-the-world connotation. The thick web of a dynamic civilization wears thin as it disperses into the hinterlands. Not much happens where the waning edge of one civilization meets the waxing edge of another. Borders are nonproductive.”
― Susan McBride Els, Into the Deep