Selected Stories Of Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Objective reality is a synthetic construct, dealing with a hypothetical universalization of a multitude of subjective realities.”
“To himself he thought, I was born in the wrong century. A hundred years ago this wouldn’t have happened and a hundred years from now it will be illegal.”
“Of course, the way they put it, the idea was if we had to buy our gas masks and bomb shelters we’d take better care of them. As if we ever damaged telephones and sidewalks. Or highways, because the whole state provided them. Or armies.”
“May I stop at that amphetamine dispenser and put in my dime? I need a stimulant to cheer me up.”
“It was hell living in the twenty-first century. Information transfer had reached the velocity of light.”
“He felt the craving within him, the need to be entertained. And they all felt this way; the settlement yearned for the bizarre.”
“to Central Park. To sit on a bench.” “But there is no more Central Park, Mr. Biskle. It was turned into a parking lot for government employees while you were on Mars.”
“it woke him up and allowed his dreams, his nocturnal desires and random wishes, to condense into a semblance of rationality.”
“When they want you they already have you; all they need is the paperwork.”
“When he looked up, Silvia was standing in front of him. Her arms were folded and she gazed vacantly past him. A bright yellow pencil was behind her ear. Her brown hair was tied back in a hard bun. At the corner others were sitting, other Silvias, dishes in front of them, half dozing or eating, some of them reading. Each the same as the next, except for their clothing.”
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Book Keywords:
unrest, distraction, boredom, yearning, need
