There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.
Roger ZelaznyDo you work for the government, any government?” "I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time. Yes.
Roger ZelaznyThus did I bear Sir Lancelot de Lac to the Keep of Ganleon, whom I trusted like a brother. That is to say, not at all.
Roger ZelaznyIn the mirrors of the many judgments, my hands are the color of blood. I sometimes fancy myself an evil which exists to oppose other evils; and on that great Day of which the prophets speak but in which they do not truly believe, on the day the world is utterly cleansed of evil, then I too will go down into darkness, swallowing curses. Until then, I will not wash my hands nor let them hang useless.
Roger Zelazny