Brave New World

Book · 5 characters · 516 quotes · 1932

Quotes from Brave New World

J
"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."
John the Savage Freedom
L
"The world's stable now. People are happy."
Lenina Crowne Happiness
L
"I'm glad I'm not you."
Lenina Crowne Strength
B
"I do love having pneumatic women."
Bernard Marx Relationships
M
"The greatest tragedy in history."
Mustapha Mond History
B
"Silence is golden when you cannot speak sense."
Bernard Marx Wisdom
L
"I like comfort."
Lenina Crowne Happiness
M
"Facts are ventilation holes for emotional relief."
Mustapha Mond Knowledge
M
"You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices."
Mustapha Mond Philosophy
J
"I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger."
John the Savage Freedom
B
"The future, so I'm told, is ours."
Bernard Marx Hope
M
"Happiness is a hard master."
Mustapha Mond Wisdom
L
"Take a gramme and leave them all to heaven."
Lenina Crowne Happiness
L
"Pneumatic bliss."
Lenina Crowne Happiness
B
"I'm glad I'm not you."
Bernard Marx Freedom
L
"Mother, Ford, Mother!"
Lenina Crowne
M
"The question is whether you can tolerate having things the way they are"
Mustapha Mond
M
"The World State exists to make people happy, not free"
Mustapha Mond Freedom
L
"I'm not unhappy because I'm happy always"
Lenina Crowne Happiness
M
"You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices"
Mustapha Mond Philosophy
M
"You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs"
Mustapha Mond
M
"The secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you've got to do"
Mustapha Mond Happiness
J
"But I want to know what passion is"
John the Savage
M
"The World State doesn't need to be brutal; it can be gentle"
Mustapha Mond Power
L
"Mother, I had the worst Freudian dream"
Lenina Crowne
M
"Our world is not the same as Othello's world"
Mustapha Mond Wisdom
J
"The proper study of mankind is books"
John the Savage Literature
J
"Chastity! Stability!"
John the Savage
J
"I love you. And you want me to say I don't love you"
John the Savage Love
M
"The greatest happiness for the greatest number"
Mustapha Mond Happiness