Crowd

large group of people that are gathered or considered together

A crowd is defined as a group of people that have gathered for a common purpose or intent such as at a demonstration, a sports event, or during looting

Crowd

Quotes

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  • Man and woman cease to be humans once they get lost into crowds.
  • Pristine river of lives is swallowed by the crowd - Human getting lost into humans.
  • A crowd is not the sum of the individuals who compose it. Rather it is a species of animal, without language or real consciousness, born when they gather, dying when they depart.
    • Gene Wolfe, "The Shadow of the Torturer" (1980) - Severian, Chapter 31