“It must be, I thought, one of the race's most persistent and comforting hallucinations to trust that "it can't happen here" -- that one's own time and place is beyond cataclysm.” HappensRaceOptimisticPersistentComfortingHallucinations Author:John Wyndham
“When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.” KnowsHappensSundayWednesday Book:The Day of the Triffids Source: The Day of the Triffids