“There is an inability to sustain the tragic mood, a phoenix quality of the mind. It may be helpful or harmful, it is just a part of the will to survive—yet, also, it has made it possible for us to engage in one weakening war after another. But it is a necessary part of our mechanism that we should be able to cry only for a time over even an ocean of spilt milk—the spectacular must soon become the commonplace if life is to be supportable.” IfsShouldMindMayMadeWarAbleLife IsQualityCryOceanMoodMade ItTragicHelpfulMilkMechanismInabilitySpectacularCommonplacePhoenixWeakeningWill To SurviveSpilt Milk Book:The Day of the Triffids Source: 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.” Life IsQualityEvolutionEssentialsQuality Of Life Book:The chrysalids Source: The chrysalids
“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.” MenMindMeanSoulValuesChurchQualityNails Author:John Wyndham
