“There's always these giant baffling books, like 'The Da Vinci Code.' People say it's not as well written as 'Midnight's Children.' Why aren't people reading 'Midnight's Children?' Nobody knows why these phenomenons happen but they're great.” PeopleKnowsWellsChildrenBookHappensReadingWrittenCodeGiantsPhenomenonMidnightNobody KnowsWell WrittenDa Vinci Code Author:Denise Mina
“As a species, we're addicted to the facile discrimination involved in saying that something or phenomenon is either 'this' or 'that' - how much more uncomfortable that it may well be 'the other'.” WellsMayInvolvedSpeciesDiscriminationUncomfortablePhenomenon Author:Will Self
“Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space.” WellsSpaceResearchPhenomenonExhibitsProvinces Book:The Natural History of the European Seas... Source: The Natural History of the European Seas...
“The history of the Roman Empire is also the history of the uprising of the Empire of the Masses, who absorb and annul the directing minorities and put themselves in their place. Then, also, is produced the phenomenon of agglomeration, of "the full." For that reason, as Spengler has very well observed, it was necessary, just as in our day, to construct enormous buildings. The epoch of the masses is the epoch of the colossal.” WellsReasonBuildingMassEnormousMinoritiesEmpiresPhenomenonConstructsRoman EmpireUprisingEpochColossal Book:the Revolt of the Masses Source: the Revolt of the Masses