“Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
Variant: When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.
Source: A Clockwork Orange
Quotes from bookA Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot called "Nadsat", which takes its name from the Russian suffix that is equivalent to '-teen' in English. According to Burgess, it was a jeu d'esprit written in just three weeks.In 2005, A Clockwork Orange was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The original manuscript of the book has been located at McMaster University's William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada since the institution purchased the documents in 1971.
“Eat this sweetish segment or spit it out. You are free.”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
Source: A Clockwork Orange
“How wicked, my brothers, innocent milk must always seem to me now.”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
Source: A Clockwork Orange
“You were not put on this Earth just to get in touch with god”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
Source: A Clockwork Orange
“What's it going to be then, eh?”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
Source: Fiction, A Clockwork Orange (1962)
