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The Shape of Things to Come

Name: The Shape of Things to Come
Author: H. G. Wells

The Shape of Things to Come is a work of science fiction by British writer H. G. Wells, published in 1933, which speculates on future events up to the year 2106.

“Raymond Passworthy: Oh, God, is there ever to be any age of happiness? Is there never to be any rest?”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“Oswald Cabal: There’s nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn’t abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“Oswald Cabal: Rest enough for the individual man, too much and too soon, and we call it death. But for Man, no rest and no ending. He must go on, conquest beyond conquest. First, this little planet and its winds and ways. And then all the laws of mind and matter that restrain him. Then the planets about him, and, at last, out across immensity to the stars. And when he has conquered all the depths of space, and all the mysteries of time, still he will be beginning…”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“Rowena: I don’t suppose any man has ever understood any woman since the beginning of things. You don’t understand our imaginations, how wild our imaginations can be.”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“Pippa' Passworthy: This little upset across the water doesn’t mean anything. Threatened men live long and threatened wars never occur.”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“Oswald Cabal: Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“The Boss: You are not mechanics, you are warriors. You have been trained, not to think, but to do.”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“The Boss: The State’s your mother, your father, the totality of your interests. No discipline can be too severe for the man that denies that by word or deed.”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“Oswald Cabal: Little animals. And if we’re no more than animals, we must snatch each little scrap of happiness, and live, and suffer, and pass, mattering no more than all the other animals do or have done. It is this, or that. All the universe or nothing. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“Rowena: You’ve got the subtlety of a bullfrog.”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“Raymond Passworthy: But… we're such little creatures. Poor humanity's so fragile, so weak. Little… little animals.”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

“John Cabal: If we don’t end war, war will end us.”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

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