Civilization Quote by Iain Pears

“Odd, don't you think? I have seen war, and invasions and riots. I have heard of massacres and brutalities beyond imagining, and I have…

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“The next day was a dream of such perfection that I have never approached the like again. It was, of course, all illusion, but…

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And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer wishes him…

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I learned that I' have to be detached if I was ever to achieve anything at all.

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“And here was the moment. The end of it all, for civilization was merely another name for friendship, and friendship was coming to an…

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When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis alone, and…

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“Considering he was neither priest nor scholar, the young man gave sensible, thoughtful replies -- the more so, perhaps, for being untrained, for he…

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“Felix had gone to live in a lotus land of his imagination. Where what is desired is dreamed of as already happened, where obstacles…

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In my small way, I preserved and catalogued, and dipped into the vast ocean of learning that awaited, knowing all the time that the…

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“Aunt Gertie could not tell the difference between 1928 and now. Uncle Joseph was dead and alive. In other words, she grasped the essential…

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“I cannot remember a single painting, although I do remember trying hard to be deeply impressed by them at the time.”

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“It was, for the time being, an empty threat, and he must have sensed it also, for he laughed easily and with contempt. “You…

— Iain Pears