Brave New World

Book · 5 characters · 516 quotes · 1932

Quotes from Brave New World

J
"I would rather be myself than someone else, however jolly."
John the Savage
L
"But isn't it awful to feel lonely?"
Lenina Crowne Solitude
J
"I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly."
John the Savage
J
"The secret's out. I'm mad."
John the Savage Humor
J
"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger."
John the Savage Courage
J
"The truth is that civilized people are absolutely miserable."
John the Savage Truth
J
"It's not they I don't like, it's the liking itself."
John the Savage Relationships
J
"How can we love anyone we don't know?"
John the Savage Relationships
J
"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
J
"I'd rather be myself. Myself and nasty. Not somebody else, however jolly."
John the Savage Freedom
L
"Pleasure is the only thing worth living for."
Lenina Crowne Philosophy
J
"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger."
John the Savage Courage
M
"The world is stable now. People are happy; they get what they want."
Mustapha Mond Politics
J
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it."
John the Savage Truth
J
"The proper study of mankind is books."
John the Savage Knowledge
B
"I am afraid of boredom, and of being bored."
Bernard Marx Fear
J
"Mother, monogamy, romance. High spurts the fountain."
John the Savage Relationships
J
"I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness."
John the Savage Freedom
L
"You can't play Electro-magnetic Golf according to Rules—it's all rules."
Lenina Crowne Humor
J
"Surely you know about mother love"
John the Savage Family
J
"I can't help it"
John the Savage
J
"I had a dream about civilization"
John the Savage Dreams
J
"Pandora was the first bitch"
John the Savage
J
"Talking about his mother"
John the Savage Relationships
B
"Only a flesh wound"
Bernard Marx Science
J
"I'm claiming the right to be unhappy"
John the Savage Freedom
M
"The greatest happiness of the greatest number"
Mustapha Mond
M
"You like Nixon? Benito? Hitler?"
Mustapha Mond History
J
"I am thinking of something rather difficult to put into words"
John the Savage Truth
M
"I have something to say about nostalgia"
Mustapha Mond Wisdom