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We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope. Falling into an interminable ennui.

— Philip K. Dick The Man in the High Castle (1962)

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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later (1978)

My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality?'

You must beware of seeing malice behind accidental injury.

Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964)

You’re not just out of your body; you’re out of your mind, too.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)

The church of my choice is the free, open world.

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974)

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