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He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth at the Grand Canyon last winter,when she'd marched toward him with that Give me Percy Jackson or I’ll kill you expression, Leo had thought of blondes as much too smart and much too dangerous. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#blondes #leo-valdez #idea

I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me... ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#flowers

We didn't Make this World we're just the Poor Fools who are living in it. ↗

— Michael Grant

#poor

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