John Twelve Hawks Quotes

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John Twelve Hawks (pseudonym) is the author of the 2005 dystopian novel The Traveler and its sequels, The Dark River and The Golden City, collectively comprising the Fourth Realm Trilogy.

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When people discard their notions of privacy, they permit a peaceful society.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

The warrior uses the power of the brain to be deliberate and the power of the heart to be instinctive.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

You don't need to watch everyone if everyone believes they're being watched.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

The Grid still exists even if you don't see the lines.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

Every new experience is unusual. The rest of life is just sleep and committee meetings.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

The urge to control others is very strong, but the desire for freedom and the ability to show compassion will always survive. Darkness is everywhere, but the Light still appears.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

Life is dangerous. That's what makes it interesting.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

There was no need to worry about religion or philosophy; the truth was determined by whoever was in power.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

Peace and prosperity were possible only if people stopped asking new questions and accepted the available answers.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

You need to study history, Doctor. All great changes are based on pain and destruction.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

Half the things you've been taught in school are just convenient fictions. History is a puppet show for childish minds.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

All of us fight a battle every day, but we just don’t know it. Love tries to defeat hatred. Bravery destroys fear.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of reality.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

Any monitoring system that is invisible, pervasive, automatic, and permanent gives those in power the means to create a modern surveillance state.

Against Authority: Freedom and the Rise of Surveillance States (2014)

At the training camp, I was told that doors always open for a man wearing a hard hat and carrying a clipboard.

Spark (2014)

Almost every important choice in our lives is really just an expression of hope.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

Political affiliation is not a relevant part of this decision; privacy and personal freedom should be fundamental right for everyone.

How We Live Now (2005)

Virtue is admirable, but boring.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

All the news stories were telling me to be frightened. All the commercials were telling me to buy things I didn´t need. The message was that people could only be passive victims or consumers.

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005)

New ideas are the only evolutionary force that will save us from destruction.

Spark (2014)

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