

“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World

“I fell,” he repeated for the hundredth time.
“But you didn’t fall very far,” Mary Sarojini now said.
“No, I didn’t fall very far,” he agreed.
“So what’s all the fuss about?” the child inquired.”
― Island
“But you didn’t fall very far,” Mary Sarojini now said.
“No, I didn’t fall very far,” he agreed.
“So what’s all the fuss about?” the child inquired.”
― Island

“His response was to fight it with the only weapons at hand—passive resistance and open displays of contempt.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan

“I am I, and I wish I weren't.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World

“I don't care where I'm from. Nor where I'm going. From hell to hell.”
― Island
― Island
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