“What an optimistic animal man is!" said Rumfoord rosily. "Imagine expecting the species to last for ten million more years - as though people were as well-developed as turtles!" He shrugged. "Well - who knows - maybe human beings will last that long, just on the basis of pure cussedness. What's your guess?” HumanScience FictionVonnegut Book:The Sirens of Titan Source: The Sirens of Titan
“If you don't like my kisses, honey, Here's what I will do: I'll go see a girl in purple, Kiss this sad world toodle-oo. If you don't want my lovin', Why should I take up all this space? I'll get off this old planet, Let some sweet baby have my place.” SongScience FictionSci FiRhymeDystopianLyricsDystopiaFuturisticDystopian Fiction Book:2BR02B Source: 2BR02B
“I've visited thirty-one inhabited planets in the universe, and I have studied reports on one hundred more. Only on Earth is there any talk of free will.” PhilosophyReflectionScience FictionExistentialismFree WillThought ProvokingHumankindAlien Perspective Book:SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE Source: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
“On the television screen were ballerinas. A buzzer sounded in George's head. His thoughts fled in panic, like bandits from a burglar alarm. "That was a real pretty dance, that dance they just did," said Hazel. "Huh" said George. "That dance-it was nice," said Hazel. "Yup," said George. He tried to think a little about the ballerinas. They weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. They were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. George was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. But he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. George winced. So did two out of the eight ballerinas.” Science FictionDanceSci FiBalletDystopianScifiDystopiaBallerinaBallerinas Book:Harrison Bergeron Source: Harrison Bergeron