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Quote by John Brunner

“It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.”

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John Brunner, born on September 24, 1934, was a renowned science fiction author from the United Kingdom. His works are known for their profound philosophical insights and complex futuristic settings, having a significant impact on the science fiction genre. more

“Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes it. I suppose this is why people always want other people to say "I love you." I think just the opposite—that thoughts are realest when thought, that expressing them distorts or dilutes them.”

People Thinking Want Real Love You Opposites Say I Love You

Book:Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel

Source: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel

“When one heart opens to another heart, it usually results in love.”

Heart Results

Book:Echoes: Book 3 in the Glenbrooke Series

Source: Echoes: Book 3 in the Glenbrooke Series

“Don't be led away by those howls about realism. Remember-pine woods are just as real as pigsties and a darn sight pleasanter to be in.”

Real Remember Sight Woods Realism Howl

Book:The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poems, Letters and Memoirs (Including The Complete Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Avonlea & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Pat of Silver Bush, The Blue Castle & many more

Source: The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poems, Letters and Memoirs (Including The Complete Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Avonlea & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Pat of Silver Bush, The Blue Castle & many more

“People were always saying to Margaret, 'Well, Julia sings and Betsy writes. Now what is little Margaret going to do?' Margaret would smile politely, for she was very polite, but privately she stormed to Betsy with flashing eyes, 'I'm not going to do anything. I want to just live. Can't people just live?”

People Want Life Writing Wells Littles Eye Polite Just Live Julia

Author:Maud Hart Lovelace

“Most people in America think Art is a man's name.”

People Thinking Men Art America Names Art Is

Author:Andy Warhol

“What does it mean to be yourself?” he asked. “If it means to do what you think you ought to do, then you’re doing that already. If it means to act like you’re exempt from society’s influence, that’s the worst advice in the world; you would probably stop bathing and wearing clothes. The advice to ‘be yourself’ is obviously nonsense. But our brains accept this tripe as wisdom because it is more comfortable to believe we have a strategy for life than to believe we have no idea how to behave.”