“Sometimes the cause of civilization is best served by a hard stare into the soul of its opposite.”
Source: The Botany of Desire (2001), Chapter 1, “Desire: Sweetness / Plant: The Apple” (p. 41)
“You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.”
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