"Read any history of first contact between civilizations. Even if those in power on the weaker side are able to fight …"

"Laws are meant to work, not just be kept for their own sake."

"Our ship has sunk and now we try to rebuild it out of driftwood."

"There is no more dangerous enemy than one who despises learning."

"As an amateur historian I think it’s the same, century after century: same shit, different flies."

"People like tradition and certainty, especially when the world around them is changing so fast."

"Am I alive? Death seems so hard to pin down in this century."

"Imaro exploded. "Why do men fight like starving lions over yellow metal and let valuable cattle go?""

"O cheiro de cravo, a cor de canela, eu vim de longe vim ver Gabriela."

"For all practical purposes, wheat is civilization. It produces what we euphemistically call the staff of life, a staf…"