Lenina Crowne

Character in Brave New World From: Brave New World

Beta-Plus woman; embodies social conditioning and consumerist values

95 quotes

"A gramme is better than a damn."
Happiness
"I almost wish we were able to choose our conditioning."
Freedom
"Nothing like a little soma vacation to make you sleep well."
Peace
"Modesty forbids...but we've all been happy with you."
Relationships
"We are not our parents. We don't want to be."
Change
"I suppose Fanny's right. It is queer to want to do anything after dark."
Humor
"But I like electricity and scent organ and all modern conveniences."
Technology
"What you need is a scopolamine bath and a Pregnancy Substitute."
Technology
"Pneumatic love is the only sort of love that works."
Relationships
"The secret's in the breathless intimacy of the embrace."
Relationships
"You can always find something to do when you don't have to earn a living"
Work
"One cannot be interested in just one person alone."
Relationships
"I hate you. But I still want you to have the finest evening ever with me."
Relationships
"What you need is chemistry."
Science
"We go together. We belong together."
Relationships
"You need something with a bit of pep to it."
Work
"I was taught to always be accessible and friendly."
Education
"Mother, Ford, Mother!"
"I'm glad I was conditioned the way I was."
"A gramme is better than a damn."
Happiness
"I had mated with millions; it was, so to speak, inconceivable."
Relationships
"The world's stable now. People are happy; they get what they want."
Peace
"In the World State, everyone is happy."
Happiness
"You can't play Electro-magnetic Golf according to Rules—it's all rules."
Humor
"Pleasure is the only thing worth living for."
Philosophy
"But isn't it awful to feel lonely?"
Solitude
"I love you. But I love you as I should love the World Controller - with all my heart and all my soul."
Relationships
"I'm afraid of being happy."
Fear
"I had mated with so many men that I had lost count."
Relationships
"Come, little lover!"
Relationships