“All over the world there must be far-reaching changes in animal behavior and habitat; if only one could have another life in which to chart it all... Ah, well, that's not a fruitful thing to wish, is it?” IfsWorldWellsWishAnimalBehaviorReachingHabitatAnother LifeAnimal Behavior Author:Brian Aldiss
“If more people had put their fellow human beings before abstractions last century, we shouldn't be where we are now.” PeopleIfsHumansLastsHuman BeingsCenturyFellowsAbstraction Author:Brian Aldiss
“I have had wealth, rank and power, but, if these were all I had, how wretched I should be.” IfsShouldWealthWretched Author:Brian Aldiss
“That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.” IfsChildrenStatesShowsChildhoodDreadDecayCorpsesInner ChildChildren PlayingUnhappy Childhood Author:Brian Aldiss
“Its at night, when perhaps we should be dreaming, that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull. I dont know if anyone has ever pointed out that great attraction of insomnia before, but it is so; the night seems to release a little more of our vast backward inheritance of instincts and feelings; as with the dawn, a little honey is allowed to ooze between the lips of the sandwich, a little of the stuff of dreams to drip into the waking mind.” IfsKnowsLoveShouldMindLittlesFeelingsDreamSeemsAbleNightStuffSleepClearOur LivesInstinctLipsAttractionReleaseDawnHoneyWakingPalmsInheritanceInsomniaSandwichesSkullsSleep And Dream Author:Brian Aldiss
“When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.” IfsLoveChildrenStatesShowsDiesNamesFearHellSocietyAtheismChildhoodHuman NatureAdultsDestructionRageDreadDecayCorpsesInner ChildChildren PlayingUnhappy Childhood Author:Brian Aldiss
