“Men were primitive in the eyes of angel beingsas men are primitive in the eyes of wilier races.”

“God created many races wilier than men.But it doesn't mean angels higher than us.”

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

“We were too intelligent, too cynical for war. Of course, you don't have to be stupid and primitive to die a stupid, primitive death.”

“The human race is doomed to sink back farther and farther into the primitive night ere again it begins its bloody climb upward to civilization.”

“In times when evil comes because men misunderstand and hate one another, it is the mission of the artist to praise sweetness, confidence, and friendship, and so to remind men, hardened or discouraged, that pure morals, tender sentiments, and primitive justice still exist, or at least can exist, in this world.”