High Rise Quotes

“They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never dissapointed.”
― J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

“Togetherness is beating up an empty elevator.”
― J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

“However, for all his affection and loyalty towards the animal, the dog would soon be leaving him - they would both be present at a celebratory dinner when they reached the roof, he reflected with a touch of gallows-humour, but the poodle would be in the pot.”
― J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

“There is nothing wrong in development, it is wrong when development happens at the cost of environment and at the cost of culture and humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Girl Over God: The Novel

“If we cannot clear away the fog, it might be better to rise to a higher level and get above it.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon