“It’s all very well for a man. He doesn’t have to go through this sort of thing, and he knows he never will have to. How can he understand? He may mean as well as a saint, but he’s always on the outside. He can never know what it’s like, even in a normal way – so what sort of an idea can he have of this? – Of how it feels to lie awake at night with the humiliating knowledge that one is simply being used? – As if one were not a person at all, but just a kind of mechanism, a sort of incubator.… And then go on wondering, hour after hour, night after night, what – just what it may be that one is being forced to incubate. Of course you can’t understand how that feels – how could you! It’s degrading, it’s intolerable. I shall crack soon. I know I shall. I can’t go on like this much longer.”
Quote by John Wyndham
Work
The Midwich Cuckoos is a suspenseful and thought-provoking novel that delves into the enigmatic occurrence of a group of children being born to women who have not been pregnant. Set in the 1950s, the story unfolds in the English village of Midwich, where the sudden appearance of these children leads to a series of investigations and moral dilemmas. The novel examines the psychological effects on the community, the scientific explanations proposed, and the broader implications of the phenomenon. more
Author
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. more
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