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Quotes from The Shockwave Rider — John Brunner

1934–1995 England

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If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.

The Shockwave Rider (1975)

First we had the legs race. Then we had the arms race. Now we're going to have the brain race. And, if we're lucky, the final stage will be the human race.

The Shockwave Rider (1975)

The theory was and always had been: this is the thing the solid citizen has no need to worry about. Important, later all-important question: what about the hollow citizen?

The Shockwave Rider (1975)

Let's all be different same as me.

The Shockwave Rider (1975)

It's not because my mind is made up that I don't want you to confuse me with any more facts. It's because my mind isn't made up. I already have more facts than I can cope with.

The Shockwave Rider (1975)

"But I was never put on trial, never convicted!"
"You are not entitled to a trial."
"Anybody's entitled to a trial, damn you!"
"That is absolutely true. But you see you are not anybody. You are nobody.

The Shockwave Rider (1975)

One might as well claim that the tide which rubs pebbles smooth on a beach is doing the pebbles a service because being round is prettier than being jagged. It's of no concern to a pebble what shape it is. But it's very important to a person.

The Shockwave Rider (1975)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Brunner (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.