They are as smart as they are ruthless. That's why they've been around for all five years.

~ Joe Reyes

Joe Reyes Adaption Dystopian Dystopian Fiction Intelligence Ruthless Ruthlessness Savagery Savages Smart Survival Survival Instinct

The principle victims of British policies are Unpeople—those whose lives are deemed worthless, expendable in the pursuit of power and commercial gain. They are the modern equivalent of the ‘savages’ of colonial days, who could be mown down by British guns in virtual secrecy, or else in circumstances where the perpetrators were hailed as the upholders of civilisation.

~ Mark Curtis

Mark Curtis Britain British Empire Civilisation Colonialism Commerce Foreign Policy Politics Power Racism Savages Secrecy Unpeople

...he'd had the foresight to know that a lot of the savages wear store-bought clothes.

~ Louis L'amour

Louis L'amour Men Savages

He knelt among the shadows and felt his isolation bitterly. They were savages it was true, but they were human.

~ William Golding

William Golding Human Human Nature Monsters Ralph Savages Survival

If there was one weapon he had against these savages, it was not acknowledging their existence.

~ Melina Marchetta

Melina Marchetta Existence Savages Weapon

There are savages without God in any proper sense of the word, but none without ghosts.

~ Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley Anthropology Beliefs Ghosts Gods Savages Science Superstition Theism Theology

Battles waged in daylight are fought by soldiers. Battles waged at night are fought by savages.

~ Lance Conrad

Lance Conrad Battles Day Night Savage Savages Soldiers Warriors

...Mankind is not a race of noble savages - but primitive monsters hide inside us, elusive as Sasquatch...

~ John Geddes

John Geddes Mankind Monsters Sasquatch Savages

There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages.

~ Mark Twain

Mark Twain Civilization Savages

The fleeting systems lapse like foam,' he mumbled what was evidently a quotation. That's it—foam, and fleeting. All man's toil upon the planet was just so much foam. He domesticated the serviceable animals, destroyed the hostile ones, and cleared the land of its wild vegetation. And then he passed, and the flood of primordial life rolled back again, sweeping his handiwork away—the weeds and the forest inundated his fields, the beasts of prey swept over his flocks, and now there are wolves on the Cliff House beach. He was appalled by the thought. Where four million people disported themselves, the wild wolves roam to-day, and the savage progeny of our loins, with prehistoric weapons, defend themselves against the fanged despoilers. Think of it! And all because of the Scarlet Death—

~ Jack London

Jack London Civilization Plague Ruin Savages Wolves