John Wyndham citáty
John Wyndham
Datum narození: 10. červenec 1903
Datum úmrtí: 11. březen 1969
John Wyndham, občanským jménem John William Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris byl britský spisovatel, autor sci-fi .
Je známý především svým bestsellerem Den Trifidů. Příběh o tom, jak neznámý déšť meteorů způsobí u většiny lidstva slepotu a jak toho využijí průmyslové rostliny trifidi, které náhle ukáží své zcela nečekané vlastnosti a zaútočí na lidi.
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Citáty John Wyndham
„The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.“
— John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 16 - p.147 [Zellaby]
„When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.“
— John Wyndham, kniha Den trifidů
Zdroj: Book opening line. (Ch.1, p.7) [Page numbers per the Penguin Books paperback, 1954 reprint.]
„And we danced, on the brink of an unknown future, to an echo from a vanished past.“
— John Wyndham, kniha Den trifidů
Zdroj: The Day of the Triffids
„The essential quality of life is living' the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution; and we are part of it.“
— John Wyndham, kniha The Chrysalids
Zdroj: The Chrysalids
„If you run away from a thing just because you don't like it, you don't like what you find either.“
— John Wyndham, kniha The Chrysalids
Zdroj: The Chrysalids
„Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context.“
— John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
Zdroj: The Midwich Cuckoos
„Why should I? I've done nothing to be ashamed of. I am not ashamed - I am only beaten“
— John Wyndham, kniha The Chrysalids
Zdroj: The Chrysalids
„There was often a great deal of grown-up fuss that seemed disproportionate to causes.“
— John Wyndham, kniha The Chrysalids
Zdroj: Ch 1 - p.391, 392 [Page numbers per the Michael Joseph "The John Wyndham Omnibus" hardback 1964. 'The Chrysalids' features at pp.383-532
„There's a whole lot of people don't seem to understand that you have to talk to a man in his own language before he'll take you seriously.“
— John Wyndham, kniha Den trifidů
The Day of the Triffids (1951), ch 9 - p.162
„She rummaged in a battered bag beside her, brought out a dirty spoon, and began to taste the beans as if they were one of the jams of paradise.“
— John Wyndham, kniha Den trifidů
The Day of the Triffids (1951), ch 9 - p.155
„You can't drive a flock of sheep to market in a dead straight line, but there are ways of getting 'em there.“
— John Wyndham, kniha Den trifidů
The Day of the Triffids (1951), ch 10 - p.179
„If you want to keep alive in the jungle, you must live as the jungle does.“
— John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
Zdroj: The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), Ch 21 - p.220 [Zellaby]
„Nobody, nobody but a child, or a child-minded person, expects life to be fair.“
— John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 9 - p.70 [Angela] [Page numbers per the Penguin Books paperback, 1982 reprint.]
