Cities Quote by Theodore Parker

The union of men in large masses is indispensable to the development and rapid growth of the higher faculties of men. Cities have always…

— Theodore Parker

I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves.

— Stephen Hawking

Civilization did not come with fire. It came with the discovery of how to use fire to heat water.

— Laura Anne Gilman

At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb…

— Veronica Roth

If she were (looking into my eyes), she’d have seen how absolutely floored I was the first time I finally, truly saw her. The…

— Kiera Cass

When I got inside, I just sort of stood there. There's nothing stranger than the smell of someone else's house. The scent goes right…

— Adam Rapp

I don't believe anything can do as much for a room as a glowing fire in an attractive fireplace. Men and dogs love an…

— Dorothy Draper

Klaus Wulfenbach: Was my son upset? Bangladesh DuPree: Oh, him? Yeah! He's all set to be a hero and rescue her--and then he finds…

— Phil Foglio

I consider the television set as the American fireplace, around which the whole family will gather.

— Red Skelton

There were shadows galore in the dim light, but there was one shadow that did not correspond to any object in the room. It…

— Bentley Little

What I'm always trying to do with every book is to recreate the effect of the stories we heard as children in front of…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Tessa looked quickly to Will, but he only crossed the room as he always did to lean against the fireplace mantel. Cecily had never…

— Cassandra Clare