Quotes About Community

This is a fell thing." "Oh, what's that?" "A gathering of women." "We ain't gonna gossip, are we?" "Among the Rhivi, it's the men who do all the gossiping. The women are too busy giving them things to gossip about.

Failure to keep the street clean was symbolic of a moribund culture, a culture that had, despite loud and public exhortations to the contrary, lost its sense of pride, and its belief in itself.

Would it be enough? He did not know, but it had to be, for without friends there was nothing, no-one.

Sunrise smiled to himself at hearing Sweetlard try out that Malazan way of talking. 'Aye.' It's a good word, I think. More a whole attitude than a word, really. With lots of meaning in it, too. A bit of 'yes' and a bit of 'well, fuck' and maybe some 'we're all in this mess together'. So, a word to sum up the Malazans. He uttered his own sigh and settled his head back. 'Aye,' he said.

the bloodlust of a mob was always louder than a lone, reasonable voice.

No soul deserved to stand alone

Kinship is more important than you might think. Blood-bound lives are the web that carries each of us; they make up that which a life climbs, from newborn to child, then child to adulthood. Without such life-forces, one withers and dies.

Is civilization

kind. It increases in complexity the more of us there are. Laws keep us muzzled and punishment delivers the necessary message when those

Join us, friend," said Kruppe. "Sit here by this fire: this scene paints the history of our kind, as you well know. A night, a hearth, and a tale to spin…

Sex is the glue that holds society together.

Your family was much more of a closed system. Your parents maintained few ties, if any, with the larger community. You did not bring friends over, nor did your parents share their home with their friends or neighbors. A sense of isolation pervaded your home. You felt no belonging or connection to anything larger than your own family.

I listen to the phone-ins on the way home and I know how the fans feel.

The big river rolls past our town, takes a slow look, and rolls away.

God dances with the outcast.

This is not the wisdom of the crowd, but the wisdom of someone in the crowd. It's not that the network itself is smart; it's that the individuals get smarter because they're connected to the network.

Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time.

central tenets of the Hacker Ethic: the free flow of information, particularly information that helped fellow hackers understand, explore, and build systems.

But mostly people hacked Tools to Make Tools. Or games. And they would come into computer stores to show off their hacks.

hackerese pejorative.

we are happy to be here, where the sky has always seemed a little bluer, the leaves a little greener, than in other towns we know.

But I think tackling prejudices is as important as offering shelter." Advertisement Simpson said she planned to encourage the Syrian women to have a coffee with their female neighbours.

Left-wing and right-wing political ideologies have themselves become secular religions, providing people with a community of like-minded brethren, a catechism of sacred beliefs, a well-populated demonology, and a beatific confidence in the righteousness of their cause.

LSSU] was the kind of school where students had a lot of pride. Not the raucous strain of sports pride... And not academic pride... It was more of a geographical pride. Kids were proud to live in that tough wilderness setting, and the best way to prove your mettle was through achievements in the wild.