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John Wyndham
John Wyndham:
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Famous John Wyndham Quotes
“The law punishes the criminal after he has been successful: it is no use to us.”
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 18 - p.182 [Eric]
“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 16 - p.147 [Zellaby]
“Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context.”
Source: The Midwich Cuckoos
“And we danced, on the brink of an unknown future, to an echo from a vanished past.”
Source: The Day of the Triffids
“Why should I? I've done nothing to be ashamed of. I am not ashamed - I am only beaten”
Source: The Chrysalids
John Wyndham Quotes
Source: Book opening line. (Ch.1, p.7) [Page numbers per the Penguin Books paperback, 1954 reprint.]
“There was often a great deal of grown-up fuss that seemed disproportionate to causes.”
Source: Ch 1 - p.391, 392 [Page numbers per the Michael Joseph "The John Wyndham Omnibus" hardback 1964. 'The Chrysalids' features at pp.383-532
“If you want to keep alive in the jungle, you must live as the jungle does.”
Source: The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), Ch 21 - p.220 [Zellaby]
“The wise lamb does not enrage the lion, it placates him, plays for time, and hopes for the best.”
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), Ch 21 - p.213 [Zellaby]
“And, after all, what is a planet but an island in space?”
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), Ch 19 - p.205 [Zellaby]
“Nobody, nobody but a child, or a child-minded person, expects life to be fair.”
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 9 - p.70 [Angela] [Page numbers per the Penguin Books paperback, 1982 reprint.]
“We've got it all there in the books if we take the trouble to find out about it.”
The Day of the Triffids (1951), ch 12 - p.204
The Day of the Triffids (1951), ch 10 - p.179
The Day of the Triffids (1951), Ch 10 - p.175
The Day of the Triffids (1951), ch 9 - p.162
The Day of the Triffids (1951), ch 9 - p.155
“Bored! My God, to think that I could ever have been bored up there.”
Pt. II, Ch. II - p.64
Novels, The Secret People (1935)
