Civilization is a Blow-Up Doll

"From the perspective of all other life, human civilization is a cancer, but from the perspective of humans, civilization is a blow-up doll, a dead synthetic membrane that we play with for shallow pleasure, in a mockery of real procreation, because we are too frightened and incompetent to deal with the complexity and aliveness of reality."
-Ran Prieur http://www.ranprieur.com/essays/changevery.html

What a great way to put it. I love hating civilization because then it won't feel so bad when it collapses.