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I thought what father said. Oh god he said. And only eight.

— Richard Matheson Born of Man and Woman (1950)

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I don’t believe in the "supernatural," I believe in the "supernormal."

Our world is in profound danger. Mankind must establish a set of positive values with which to secure its own survival.

Introduction to The Path (1999)

And, before science had caught up with the legend, the legend had swallowed science and everything.

I Am Legend (1954)

What you don’t understand yet is that we’re going to stay alive. We’ve found a way to do that and we’re going to set up society again slowly but surely.

I Am Legend (1954)

Robert Neville looked out over the new people of the earth. He knew he did not belong to them; he knew that, like the vampires, he was anathema and black terror to be destroyed.

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The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one – particularly if he plays golf, which he usually does.

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If we could all pick our fathers there might be ten men on earth who would have families.

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The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

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He follows his father, but not with equal steps.

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