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Philip K. Dick quotes: I will go, he said to himself. Before I die I'll see Mars. I will go, he said to himself. Before I die I'll see Mars.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Hell,' I said, 'love is an American cult. We take it too seriously; it's practically a national religion. Hell,' I said, 'love is an American cult. We take it too seriously; it's practically a national religion.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Just because something bears the aspect of the inevitable one should not, therefore, go along willingly with it. Just because something bears the aspect of the inevitable one should not, therefore, go along willingly with it.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Amazed, Fat said, "She's decomposing and yet she's still giving birth?""Only to monsters," Dr. Stone said. Amazed, Fat said, "She's decomposing and yet she's still giving birth?"
"Only to monsters," Dr. Stone said.
Philip K. Dick quotes: We human beings are created and yet we are more rational than the creator himself who spawned us. We human beings are created and yet we are more rational than the creator himself who spawned us.
Philip K. Dick quotes: My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality?' My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality?'
Philip K. Dick quotes: The jukebox played some hillbilly tune; steel guitar and emotion-choked moaning ... The jukebox played some hillbilly tune; steel guitar and emotion-choked moaning ...
Philip K. Dick quotes: They ought to make it a binding clause that if you find God you get to keep Him. They ought to make it a binding clause that if you find God you get to keep Him.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Reality is just a point of view. Reality is just a point of view.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Maybe there was once a human who looked like you, and somewhere along the line you killed him and took his place. And your superiors don't know. Maybe there was once a human who looked like you, and somewhere along the line you killed him and took his place. And your superiors don't know.
Philip K. Dick quotes: When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet. When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet.
Philip K. Dick quotes: For each person there is a sentence - a series of words - which has the power to destroy them. For each person there is a sentence - a series of words - which has the power to destroy them.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Are we to assist it in gaining power in order to save our lives? Is that the paradox of our earthly situation? Are we to assist it in gaining power in order to save our lives? Is that the paradox of our earthly situation?
Philip K. Dick quotes: Did not care. Going to the wall he unfastened the cord and Did not care. Going to the wall he unfastened the cord and
Philip K. Dick quotes: What we really need is a doctor, not a spear. What we really need is a doctor, not a spear.
Philip K. Dick quotes: I am like a gray thing, he thought. Bustling along with the currents of air that tumble me, that roll me, like a gray puffball, on and on. I am like a gray thing, he thought. Bustling along with the currents of air that tumble me, that roll me, like a gray puffball, on and on.
Philip K. Dick quotes: It's all on the surface. Advantage of wealth and power makes this available to them, but it's ersatz as the day is long. It's all on the surface. Advantage of wealth and power makes this available to them, but it's ersatz as the day is long.
Philip K. Dick quotes: The existence of a majority logically implies a corresponding minority. The existence of a majority logically implies a corresponding minority.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Objective reality is a synthetic construct, dealing with a hypothetical universalization of a multitude of subjective realities. Objective reality is a synthetic construct, dealing with a hypothetical universalization of a multitude of subjective realities.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Plastics. Polyesters. Resins. Ersatz - industrial uses. Do you see? No consumers' commodities. Plastics. Polyesters. Resins. Ersatz - industrial uses. Do you see? No consumers' commodities.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Replicants are like any other machine - they're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem. Replicants are like any other machine - they're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem.
Philip K. Dick quotes: That man indeed lives in a zone where no multiplicity can distress him and which is nevertheless the most active workshop of universal fulfillment. That man indeed lives in a zone where no multiplicity can distress him and which is nevertheless the most active workshop of universal fulfillment.
Philip K. Dick quotes: There is nothing worse ... no punishment greater than to have known God and no longer to know him. There is nothing worse ... no punishment greater than to have known God and no longer to know him.
Philip K. Dick quotes: I had a lot of fears that the universe would discover just how different I was from it. I had a lot of fears that the universe would discover just how different I was from it.
Philip K. Dick quotes: The little man with beard and glasses leaped up. 'There's nobody here has anything to do with governments! We're all good people! The little man with beard and glasses leaped up. 'There's nobody here has anything to do with governments! We're all good people!
Philip K. Dick quotes: Reality denied comes back to haunt. Reality denied comes back to haunt.
Philip K. Dick quotes: I resemble that worm which crawls through dust,Lives in the dust, eats dustUntil a passerby's foot crushes it. I resemble that worm which crawls through dust,
Lives in the dust, eats dust
Until a passerby's foot crushes it.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Well, that's marriage these days. Legalized hate. Well, that's marriage these days. Legalized hate.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Dilemma of civilized man; body mobilized, but danger obscure. Dilemma of civilized man; body mobilized, but danger obscure.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Better a live dog than a dead prince Better a live dog than a dead prince
Philip K. Dick quotes: If we hadn't invented them, the Ivans would have. If we hadn't invented them, the Ivans would have.
Philip K. Dick quotes: As the spring rains fall, soaking in them, on the roof, is a child's rag ball. As the spring rains fall, soaking in them, on the roof, is a child's rag ball.
Philip K. Dick quotes: She was a redhead and he liked redheads; they were either outrageously ugly or almost supernaturally attractive. She was a redhead and he liked redheads; they were either outrageously ugly or almost supernaturally attractive.
Philip K. Dick quotes: In my writing I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out loud if all of us are real. In my writing I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out loud if all of us are real.
Philip K. Dick quotes: It is amazing that when someone else spouts the nonsense you yourself believe you can readily perceive it as nonsense It is amazing that when someone else spouts the nonsense you yourself believe you can readily perceive it as nonsense
Philip K. Dick quotes: Horselover Fat's nervous breakdown began the day he got the phone call from Gloria asking if he had any Nembutals. Horselover Fat's nervous breakdown began the day he got the phone call from Gloria asking if he had any Nembutals.
Philip K. Dick quotes: In Parsifal: You see, my son, here time turns into space. In Parsifal: You see, my son, here time turns into space.
Philip K. Dick quotes: What constitutes the authentic human being? What constitutes the authentic human being?
Philip K. Dick quotes: Little kids are that way; they feel if their parents aren't watching what they do then what they do isn't real. Little kids are that way; they feel if their parents aren't watching what they do then what they do isn't real.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Every time I see a picture of Stalin I look him square in the eye and I say: You're a meat eater, Joseph. Every time I see a picture of Stalin I look him square in the eye and I say: You're a meat eater, Joseph.
Philip K. Dick quotes: We are all insects," he said to Miss Ephreikian. "Groping toward something terrible or divine. Do you not agree? We are all insects," he said to Miss Ephreikian. "Groping toward something terrible or divine. Do you not agree?
Philip K. Dick quotes: If I'm an andy," Phil Resch said, "and you kill me, you can have my squirrel. Here; I'll write it out, willing it to you. If I'm an andy," Phil Resch said, "and you kill me, you can have my squirrel. Here; I'll write it out, willing it to you.
Philip K. Dick quotes: When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now I have put away childish things ... I must be scientific. When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now I have put away childish things ... I must be scientific.
Philip K. Dick quotes: How long that part of the cycle had lasted he did not now know; nothing had happened, generally, so it had been measureless. How long that part of the cycle had lasted he did not now know; nothing had happened, generally, so it had been measureless.
Philip K. Dick quotes: But if that's Olham, then I must be ... But if that's Olham, then I must be ...
Philip K. Dick quotes: Whom the gods notice they destroy. Whom the gods notice they destroy.
Philip K. Dick quotes: I chose God over the material universe. I chose God over the material universe.
Philip K. Dick quotes: It requires the greatest kind of wisdom, she thought, to know when to apply injustice. How can justice fall victim, even, to what is right? It requires the greatest kind of wisdom, she thought, to know when to apply injustice. How can justice fall victim, even, to what is right?
Philip K. Dick quotes: It has been said of dreams that they are a 'controlled psychosis,' or, put another way, a psychosis is a dream breaking through during waking hours. It has been said of dreams that they are a 'controlled psychosis,' or, put another way, a psychosis is a dream breaking through during waking hours.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Does she make the heavens fall?" "Yes, she pulls down everything." Molinari nodded. "It's a psionic talent she has ... it's called being a woman. Does she make the heavens fall?" "Yes, she pulls down everything." Molinari nodded. "It's a psionic talent she has ... it's called being a woman.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Upon him the contempt of three planets descended. Upon him the contempt of three planets descended.
Philip K. Dick quotes: You must beware of seeing malice behind accidental injury. You must beware of seeing malice behind accidental injury.
Philip K. Dick quotes: No single thing abides; and all things are fucked up. No single thing abides; and all things are fucked up.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Sometimes I dream--""I'll put that on your gravestone. Sometimes I dream--"
"I'll put that on your gravestone.
Philip K. Dick quotes: That is the artist's job: take mineral rock from dark silent earth, transform it into shining light-reflecting form from sky. That is the artist's job: take mineral rock from dark silent earth, transform it into shining light-reflecting form from sky.
Philip K. Dick quotes: This is a mournful discovery.1)Those who agree with you are insane2)Those who do not agree with you are in power. This is a mournful discovery.
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.
Philip K. Dick quotes: We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine. We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Matter is plastic in the face of Mind. Matter is plastic in the face of Mind.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Most of the masses still believe in magic, you know. Spells. Potions. It's a big business, I am told. Most of the masses still believe in magic, you know. Spells. Potions. It's a big business, I am told.
Philip K. Dick quotes: If I'd known it was harmless, I'd have killed it myself! If I'd known it was harmless, I'd have killed it myself!
Philip K. Dick quotes: To live is to be haunted. To live is to be haunted.
Philip K. Dick quotes: THE ONLY REAL FAILURE IS TO FAIL OTHERS. THE ONLY REAL FAILURE IS TO FAIL OTHERS.
Philip K. Dick quotes: them. Saw a glimpse of it myself. What would them. Saw a glimpse of it myself. What would
Philip K. Dick quotes: So you want to have gone to Mars. Very good. So you want to have gone to Mars. Very good.
Philip K. Dick quotes: The door refused to open. It said, Five cents, please. The door refused to open. It said, Five cents, please.
Philip K. Dick quotes: A Gresham's Law: the fakes would undermine the value of the real. A Gresham's Law: the fakes would undermine the value of the real.
Philip K. Dick quotes: When I believe, I am crazy. When I don't believe, I suffer psychotic depression. When I believe, I am crazy. When I don't believe, I suffer psychotic depression.
Philip K. Dick quotes: The appropriate response to reality is to go insane. The appropriate response to reality is to go insane.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Back to Germany," one of the cops said, surveying him. "I'm an American," Frank Frink said. "You're a Jew," the cop said. Back to Germany," one of the cops said, surveying him. "I'm an American," Frank Frink said. "You're a Jew," the cop said.
Philip K. Dick quotes: I think," Dr. Stone said, "that when you tried to kill yourself you got in touch with reality for the first time. I think," Dr. Stone said, "that when you tried to kill yourself you got in touch with reality for the first time.
Philip K. Dick quotes: And after all, they had been successful with the Jews and Gypsies and Bible Students. And after all, they had been successful with the Jews and Gypsies and Bible Students.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Thrifty, to think not only of eating the people you did not like, but eating them out of their own skull. The Thrifty, to think not only of eating the people you did not like, but eating them out of their own skull. The
Philip K. Dick quotes: Love is another name for sex. Love is another name for sex.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Despair like that, about total reality, is self-perpetuating. Despair like that, about total reality, is self-perpetuating.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying, Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying,
Philip K. Dick quotes: Baritone, cultivated, rolling-out-smooth voice familiar to Reiss. 'This is Doktor Goebbels. Baritone, cultivated, rolling-out-smooth voice familiar to Reiss. 'This is Doktor Goebbels.
Philip K. Dick quotes: A man driven by rage may stumble, in his passion, onto truth. A man driven by rage may stumble, in his passion, onto truth.
Philip K. Dick quotes: I was twelve when I read my first sf magazine I was twelve when I read my first sf magazine
Philip K. Dick quotes: My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression. My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.
Philip K. Dick quotes: How'd you like to gaze at a beer can throughout eternity? It might not be so bad. There'd be nothing to fear. How'd you like to gaze at a beer can throughout eternity? It might not be so bad. There'd be nothing to fear.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Look, Haley's comet! Look, Haley's comet!
Philip K. Dick quotes: Don't never participate in no bad scenes, he reminded himself; that was his motto in life. Don't never participate in no bad scenes, he reminded himself; that was his motto in life.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night. Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
Philip K. Dick quotes: The most dangerous kind of person ... is one who is afraid of his own shadow. The most dangerous kind of person ... is one who is afraid of his own shadow.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Before they came here I could stand it, being alone in the building. But now it's changed ... You can't go from people to nonpeople. Before they came here I could stand it, being alone in the building. But now it's changed ... You can't go from people to nonpeople.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Caroline said, "She's terribly, terribly disruptive." "So is reality," Hawthorne said. Caroline said, "She's terribly, terribly disruptive." "So is reality," Hawthorne said.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Typical of their mania for the trivial, their legalistic fascination with documents, proclamations, ads. Typical of their mania for the trivial, their legalistic fascination with documents, proclamations, ads.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Activity does not necessarily mean life. Quasars are active. And a monk meditating is not inanimate. Activity does not necessarily mean life. Quasars are active. And a monk meditating is not inanimate.
Philip K. Dick quotes: It's easy to win. Anybody can win. It's easy to win. Anybody can win.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Everything's the same, when you break through to absolute reality; it's all one vast blur. Everything's the same, when you break through to absolute reality; it's all one vast blur.
Philip K. Dick quotes: To save one life, Mr Tagomi had to take two. The logical, balanced mind cannot make sense of that To save one life, Mr Tagomi had to take two. The logical, balanced mind cannot make sense of that
Philip K. Dick quotes: When two people dream the same dream, it ceases to be an illusion. When two people dream the same dream, it ceases to be an illusion.
Philip K. Dick quotes: If practicality and morality are polarized and you must choose, you must do what you think is right, rather than what you think is practical. If practicality and morality are polarized and you must choose, you must do what you think is right, rather than what you think is practical.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Office gossip annoyed him because it always proved better than the truth. Office gossip annoyed him because it always proved better than the truth.
Philip K. Dick quotes: What scared me the most was when my father would put on the gasmask. His face would disappear ... This was not a human being at all. What scared me the most was when my father would put on the gasmask. His face would disappear ... This was not a human being at all.
Philip K. Dick quotes: There is no door to God through dope; that is a lie peddled by the unscrupulous. There is no door to God through dope; that is a lie peddled by the unscrupulous.
Philip K. Dick quotes: The guilty, he reflected as he drove amid the heavy late-afternoon traffic as carefully as possible, may flee when no one pursues - he The guilty, he reflected as he drove amid the heavy late-afternoon traffic as carefully as possible, may flee when no one pursues - he
Philip K. Dick quotes: Owning and maintaining a fraud had a way of gradually demoralizing one. Owning and maintaining a fraud had a way of gradually demoralizing one.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Law of economy: nothing is waste. Even the unreal. What a sublimity in the process. Law of economy: nothing is waste. Even the unreal. What a sublimity in the process.
Philip K. Dick quotes: Please don't continually say I'm paranoid.Why?It makes me paranoid. Please don't continually say I'm paranoid.
Why?
It makes me paranoid.

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