Quote by Gardner R. Dozois Download Open image ““She suspected that civilization had been invented to make more stories. And”” — Gardner R. Dozois ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“And of course she had studied the civilization that had immediately preceded her own - the civilization that had mistaken the functions of the… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“See, that’s what civilization is,” he said. “Bunch of stories. That’s all.” “So what if it is?” Peaches said. “We’re really good at telling… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“Stories often project the best that humanity has to offer. If only we could live up to our stories.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
“her power of telling stories and of making everything she talked about seem like a story, whether it was one or not.” — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“Whatever I experienced in the world that I didn't understand I'd invent a story and workout my understanding of something through the story.” — Lisa Alther Copy Share Image
“The more stories I study, the more I begin to suspect that there is only one story, and that we are, all of us,… — J. Aleksandr Wootton Copy Share Image
“Dullness. Only humans could have invented it. What imaginations they had.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There are many people and many tribes, but only so many stories.” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“We primates reacted to threat with anger, so we got into fights without knowing why. Dawn” — Gardner R. Dozois Copy Share Image
“Naturals felt best in groups of a hundred or so, and even better if only a few dozen were involved. Hunting parties had been… — Gardner R. Dozois Copy Share Image
“Civilization had long maintained the appearance of such communal closeness, in small units people could manage. Societies had evolved that could stack such social… — Gardner R. Dozois Copy Share Image
“I know what’s wrong with me; and knowing your own flaws is the beginning of wisdom.” — Gardner R. Dozois Copy Share Image
“All this was built on the firm foundation of primate bonding patterns. If the pattern broke down at the bottom, it gave a rabble.… — Gardner R. Dozois Copy Share Image
“To disdain the moral pronouncements of hypocrites; to be true to my word; to always do what I promise, no more and no less.… — Gardner R. Dozois Copy Share Image
