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On the principle that if you walk briskly with an air of purpose ninety-nine per cent of the people you meet will assume it is a proper purpose, I did just that.

— John Wyndham Plan for Chaos (2009)

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When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.

The Day of the Triffids (1951)

"No discovery is good or evil until men make it that way."

Jizzle (1954)

"If life weren't so short it would be worth people's while to do more to put the world to rights."

Trouble with Lichen (1960)

"There are some forms of knowledge which it is unwise to spread; men are not yet ready to handle them."

Sleepers of Mars (1973)

The world has so multiplied the causes of fear that no one is left entirely unafraid.

Stowaway to Mars (originally Planet Plane / The Space Machine) (1935)

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