“Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context.”
John Wyndham book The Midwich Cuckoos
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The Midwich Cuckoos is a 1957 science fiction novel written by the English author John Wyndham. It tells the tale of an English village in which the women become pregnant by brood parasitic aliens.
“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”
John Wyndham book The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 16 - p.147 [Zellaby]
“Nobody, nobody but a child, or a child-minded person, expects life to be fair.”
John Wyndham book The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 9 - p.70 [Angela] [Page numbers per the Penguin Books paperback, 1982 reprint.]
“The wise lamb does not enrage the lion, it placates him, plays for time, and hopes for the best.”
John Wyndham book The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), Ch 21 - p.213 [Zellaby]
“Cruelty is as old as life itself.”
John Wyndham book The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 19 - p.200 [Joseph]
“The law punishes the criminal after he has been successful: it is no use to us.”
John Wyndham book The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 18 - p.182 [Eric]
“If you want to keep alive in the jungle, you must live as the jungle does.”
John Wyndham book The Midwich Cuckoos
Source: The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), Ch 21 - p.220 [Zellaby]
“And, after all, what is a planet but an island in space?”
John Wyndham book The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), Ch 19 - p.205 [Zellaby]
