It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.
All forms of sexual loving become acceptable if the lovers wear togas or wolfskins.
... the fishermen of Port Sonas care only for the two things, fishing and women. And there's some that are no' that keen on the fishing.
there is nothing sorer to the spirit than falling below what one's lover thinks of one.
The lesser evil is also evil.
I read a lot of archaeology and early history in a general way, not thinking particularly of this book, and this provided me with the background. It showed me how, possibly, the people lived back then.