It is a luxury to do something that serves no practical purpose: the luxury of civilization.
The Light Between OceansCivilization did not come with fire. It came with the discovery of how to use fire to heat water.
Laura Anne GilmanI have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
Michel de MontaigneLibraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism." [ , ALA interview 2011]
Neil Gaiman