For each person there is a sentence—a series of words—which has the power to destroy them. Philip K. Dick More Quotes by Philip K. Dick More Quotes From Philip K. Dick The odd thing in this world is that an eager-beaver type, with no original ideas, who mimes those in authority above him right to the last twist of necktie and scrape of chin, always gets noticed. Gets selected. Rises. Philip K. Dick odd-thingstwistsideas Any system which says, This is a rotten world, wait for the next, give up, do nothing, succumb--that may be the basic Lie and if we participate in believing it and acting (or rather not acting) on it we involve ourselves in the Lie and suffer dreadfully... which only reinforces that particular Lie. Philip K. Dick giving-upbelievelying The church of my choice is the free, open world. Philip K. Dick churchchoicesworld Even if all life on our planet is destroyed, there must be other life somewhere which we know nothing of. It is impossible that ours is the only world; there must be world after world Philip K. Dick unseenbelieveworld A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you get down to it, is worth more. Philip K. Dick mercy-of-godsmartinfinite I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have, because the world we actually have does not meet my standards. Philip K. Dick mindwritingpeople The wisest people are the clowns, like Harpo Marx, who would not speak. If I could have anything I want I would like God to listen to what Harpo was not saying, and understand why Harpo would not talk. Philip K. Dick wisdomwantpeople If I'd known it was harmless, I'd have killed it myself! Philip K. Dick pointlessnessknownifs You must beware of seeing malice behind accidental injury. Philip K. Dick injurymalicebehinds Everything is true Everything anybody has ever thought Philip K. Dick But an artist, he realized. Or rather so-called artist. Bohemian. That's closer to it. The artistic life without the talent. Philip K. Dick bohemiantalentartist You're - psychotic. There's something wrong with you." "I know," Benteley agreed. "I'm a sick man. And the more I see, the sicker I get. I'm so sick I think everybody else is sick and I'm the only healthy person. That's pretty bad off, isn't it? Philip K. Dick sickmenthinking I will never fully understand; that is the nature of such creatures. Or is this Inner Truth now, this that is happening to me? I will wait. I will see. Which it is. Perhaps it is both. Philip K. Dick happeningscreatureswaiting That is the artist's job: take mineral rock from dark silent earth, transform it into shining light-reflecting form from sky. Philip K. Dick artistdarkjobs Where there's dope, there's hope! Philip K. Dick dope But at least he can still see the lights below us. Although maybe for him it doesn't matter. Philip K. Dick stillslightmatter My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality ?' Many of my stories and novels deal with psychotic states or drug-induced states by which I can present the concept of a multiverse rather than a universe. Music and sociology are themes in my novels, also radical political trends; in particular I've written about fascism and my fear of it. Philip K. Dick drugpoliticalreality The tragedy in his life already existed. To love an atmospheric spirit. That was the real sorrow. Hopelessness itself. Nowhere on the printed page, nowhere in the annals of man, would her name appear: no local habitation, no name. There are girls like that, he thought, and those you love most, the ones where there is no hope because it has eluded you at the very moment you close your hands around it. Philip K. Dick girlreallove Insanity - to have to construct a picture of one's life, by making inquiries of others. Philip K. Dick constructsinquiryinsanity When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now I have put away childish things. ... I must be scientific. Philip K. Dick childish-thingschildren
