Civilized Quote by David Sedaris

He was the average mortal. It troubled him to get used to the world one way and then suddenly have it turn different.

— Zora Neale Hurston

For how many generations now had his people been turning their backs on things? How long had they sat in their living rooms and…

— Clare B. Dunkle

I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he…

— Dwayne Johnson

He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but…

— James Hogg

The problem was money and the indignities of life without it. Every stroller, cell phone, Yankees cap, and SUV he saw was a torment.…

— Jonathan Franzen

He could hardly imagine anymore what his life would be without the weight of his hidden knowledge. He'd come to think of it as…

— Kim Edwards

He didn't care about the others anymore. The chaos around him seemed to siphon away his humanity, turn him into an animal. All he…

— James Dashner

Early on, he'd learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn't be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise.

— Nicholas Sparks

It had been a royal time of luxury to him, with all its stings and contumelies, compared to the poverty that crept round and…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

He had come to know quite thoroughly the world in which he lived. His outlook was bleak and materialistic. The world as he saw…

— Jack London

He felt as though he were failing in practically every area of his life. Lately, happiness seemed as distant and unattainable to him as…

— Nicholas Sparks

He'd always known that the world was an interesting place, and his imagination had peopled it with pirates and bandits and spies and astronauts…

— Terry Pratchett