“But they used to take morphia and cocaine.” “There was a thing called the soul and a thing called immortality.” “There was a thing called Heaven but all the same they used to drink enormous quantities of alcohol.” ~Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Pages 33, 35 You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.”
The unchecked stream flows smoothly down its appointed channels into a calm well being.” “Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness: it depends on the force of the current, the height and strength of the barrier.
“No social stability without individual stability.” “A love of nature keeps no factories busy.” “That is the secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you’ve got to do.” All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.” “And that,” put in the Director sententiously, “that is the secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you’ve got to do. Will the brave new world learn the error of their ways? Or will they remain slaves to their empty pleasures? And people are limited to their planned roles.īut some people are unhappy and question this new world. In this future, people value pleasure more than freedom and individuality. These Brave New World quotes with page numbers help you reference your favorite quotes.īrave New World, by Aldous Huxley, is about a dystopian future.
0 kommentar(er)
