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