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Quotes from Wanderers of Time — John Wyndham

1903–1969 England

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It takes civilised people quite a while to appreciate 'the big lie' technique.

Wanderers of Time (1973)

It is a funny thing that for most men the whitest conscience is no protection from some apprehension in the presence of the police.

Wanderers of Time (1973)

"The fact that we don't know how to do it doesn't prove its impossibility."

Wanderers of Time (1973)

"A man's the same as the rest of us or 'e's a freak. Stands to reason."

Wanderers of Time (1973)

"There's plenty o' chaps full of book learnin' an' unemployed with it."

Wanderers of Time (1973)

She showed all that maternal solicitude which so oddly hopes that its child will be outstanding while being absolutely normal, distinguished while being indistinguishable.

Wanderers of Time (1973)

"Doubtless the first arrow did not kill a lion."

Wanderers of Time (1973)

"What is the use of life?"

Wanderers of Time (1973)

"To take an illustration—a bad one, I admit, but enough for our purpose—one may consider time as a river. You may turn boats adrift on it at many points, and they will all collect together at the same serious obstacle, whether they have travelled a hundred miles or two miles."

Wanderers of Time (1973)

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