Quotes from book
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1904. Wells called it "a fantasia on the change of scale in human affairs. . . . I had hit upon [the idea] while working out the possibilities of the near future in a book of speculations called Anticipations ." There have been various B-movie adaptations. The novel is about a group of scientists who invent a food that accelerates the growth of children and turns them into giants when they become adults.


H. G. Wells photo

“Great and little cannot understand one another. But in every child born of man, Father Redwood, lurks some seed of greatness — waiting for the Food.”

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904) - Online PDF and Epub http://books.google.com/books?id=VOyeAAAAIAAJ

H. G. Wells photo

“They may fight against greatness in us who are the children of men, but can they conquer? Even if they should destroy us every one, what then? Would it save them? No! For greatness is abroad, not only in us, not only in the Food, but in the purpose of all things! It is in the nature of all things, it is part of space and time.”

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904)
Context: They may fight against greatness in us who are the children of men, but can they conquer? Even if they should destroy us every one, what then? Would it save them? No! For greatness is abroad, not only in us, not only in the Food, but in the purpose of all things! It is in the nature of all things, it is part of space and time. To grow and still to grow, from first to last that is Being, that is the law of life. What other law can there be?

Similar authors

H. G. Wells photo
H. G. Wells 142
English writer 1866–1946
Richard Aldington photo
Richard Aldington 5
English writer and poet
Aldous Huxley photo
Aldous Huxley 290
English writer
Virginia Woolf photo
Virginia Woolf 382
English writer
Jerome K. Jerome photo
Jerome K. Jerome 87
English humorist
Agatha Christie photo
Agatha Christie 320
English mystery and detective writer
Rudyard Kipling photo
Rudyard Kipling 200
English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
Peter Ustinov photo
Peter Ustinov 59
English actor, writer, and dramatist
David Foster Wallace photo
David Foster Wallace 185
American fiction writer and essayist
George Orwell photo
George Orwell 473
English author and journalist