“Until then I had always thought of loneliness as something negative—an absence of company, and, of course, something temporary... That day I had learned that it was much more. It was something which could press and oppress, could distort the ordinary and play tricks with the mind. Something which lurked inimically all around, stretching the nerves and twanging them with alarms, never letting one forget that there was no one to help, no one to care. It showed one as an atom adrift in vastness, and it waited all the time its chance to frighten and frighten horribly—that was what loneliness was really trying to do; and that was what one must never let it do...”
Quote by John Wyndham
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The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham's classic science fiction novel explores the aftermath of a global catastrophe that leaves the world's population blind, while a species of previously unknown, carnivorous plants, known as triffids, pose a deadly threat to the remaining sighted survivors. more
Author
John Wyndham
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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