Utopia In Literature Quotes

“Do you know the origin of the word “utopia”? The English philosopher, Thomas More, created this word with intense irony in mind. In Greek, it means “A place that does not exist”. Maybe this is for the best... A paradise... Is not something man should be able to create.”
― Haro Aso, Alice in Borderland Vol. 07

“Utopia retains throughout its long history the basic form of the narrative of a journey... First comes the picture of a happy people in a beautiful and well-ordered setting; then comes the lecture on how it all came about, how it works, and, by implication, how it might be made to work in the traveller's own society.”
― Krishan Kumar, Utopianism

“Utopia retains throughout its long history the basic form of the narrative of a journey. The traveler in space or time is an explorer who happens upon utopia. He (or, more recently, she) meets its people, usually at first its ordinary people, observes them at work and play, sees their dwellings and their cities... The traveler is, as are we, the more prepared to accept the validity and desirability of the general principles for having seen with his own eyes its effects in the daily life of its inhabitants.”
― Krishan Kumar, Utopianism

“- Papá ¿qué es la utopía?
- Es como el horizonte: si andas 2 pasos la utopía retrocede 2 pasos, si andas 10, ella vuelve a retroceder otros 10.
- Entonces ¿para qué sirve la utopía?
- Para eso mismo, hija, para caminar”
― Eduardo Galeano