“Do not assume that order and stability are always good, in a society or in a universe. The old, the ossified, must always give way to new life and the birth of new things.” — Philip K. Dick, How To Build A Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later
Tag: Philip K. Dick
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“We all lie to ourselves; we tell our own selves more lies than we ever do other people.” — Philip K. Dick, Counter-Clock World
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“The bombardment of pseudo-realities begins to produce inauthentic humans very quickly, spurious humans — as fake as the data pressing at them from all sides.” — Philip K. Dick, How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later
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“The distinction between sanity and insanity is narrower than the razor’s edge, sharper than a hound’s tooth, more agile than a mule deer. It is more elusive than the merest phantom. Perhaps it does not even exist; perhaps it is a phantom.” — Philip K. Dick, VALIS
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“Just because something bears the aspect of the inevitable one should not, therefore, go along willingly with it.” — Philip K. Dick, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
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“I guess that’s the story of life: what you most fear never happens, but what you most yearn for never happens either.” — Philip K. Dick, Minority Report
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“The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things which never change… and the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus taught that everything changes. If you superimpose their two views, you get this result: Nothing is real.” — Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
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“Reality denied comes back to haunt.” — Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
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“When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet.” — Philip K. Dick, VALIS
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“The problem with introspection is that it has no end.” — Philip K. Dick, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer