Dystopian Author Quotes

Bernard Beckett Sometimes, even the very best course of action fails.

Bernard Beckett Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.

Bernard Beckett In the end, living is defined by dying.

Bernard Beckett The mind is not a machine, it is an idea. And the Idea resists all attempts to control it.

Bernard Beckett Are you saying a society wracked by plague is preferable to one wracked by indifference?

Bernard Beckett Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.

Bernard Beckett Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect.

Bernard Beckett Science is a little bit more than a wonderful way of modelling and predicting; its a wonderful technical abstraction. I think science is a […]

Bernard Beckett Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host.