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John Wyndham was an English science fiction writer known for his novels that often explore social and environmental issues. His works are renowned for their unique imagination and profound insights.

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“A fruitlessly worrying male is a nuisance. The best thing he can do is to disguise his worry, and stand staunchly by, impersonating a pillar of strength while performing certain practical and organizational services. I offer you the fruit of somewhat intensive experience.”

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Book:The Midwich cuckoos

Source: The Midwich cuckoos

“Why was I condemned to live in a democracy where every fool's vote is equal to a sensible man's?”

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Book:Alfred Hitchcock presents stories that scared even me

Source: Alfred Hitchcock presents stories that scared even me

“I don't think it had ever occurred to me that man's supremacy is not primarily due to his brain, as most of the books would have one think. It is due to the brain's capacity to make use of the information conveyed to it by a narrow band of visible light rays. His civilization, all that he had achieved or might achieve, hung upon his ability to perceive that range of vibrations from red to violet. Without that, he was lost.”

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Author:John Wyndham

“No... souls are just counters for churches to collect, all the same value, like nails. No, what makes man man is mind; it's not a thing, it's a quality, and minds aren't all the same value; they're better or worse, and the better they are, the more they mean.”

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Author:John Wyndham

About the Author

Born: July 10, 1903
Died: March 11, 1969
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 52

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