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> [People keep saying that books will never die out. Well, books may never die out, but hundreds of thousands of individual writers will, and for them, it's as if books did die out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/people-keep-saying-that-books-will-never-die-out-well-books-may-never/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

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## More by Harlan Ellison

> [Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/posing-the-question-does-the-god-of-love-use-underarm-deodorant/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [They change scapegoats at the networks more regularly than some people change socks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/they-change-scapegoats-at-the-networks-more-regularly-than-some/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [They minute people fall in love they become liars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/they-minute-people-fall-in-love-they-become-liars/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [Repent, Harlequin," said the Ticktock Man. "Get stuffed," the Harlequin replied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/repent-harlequin-said-the-ticktock-man-get-stuffed-the-harlequin/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [“Living under the land, under the sea, in the belly of AM, whom we created...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/living-under-the-land-under-the-sea-in-the-belly-of-am-whom-we-created/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [I have no mouth. And I must scream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [There in the midst of the Amazon Jungle, Simon Haskell has cobbled up for himself a replica of an Art Deco salon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/there-in-the-midst-of-the-amazon-jungle-simon-haskell-has-cobbled-up/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/for-the-first-time-we-have-a-weapon-that-nobody-has-used-for-thirty/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [“There are forces in the world today, Mr. Winsocki, that are invisibly working to make us all carbon copies of one another. Forces that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/there-are-forces-in-the-world-today-mr-winsocki-that-are-invisibly/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [“Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/men-rarely-if-ever-manage-to-dream-up-a-god-superior-to-themselves/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [I write a kind of surreal fantasy, but they can't put 'surreal fantasy' on a paperback.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/i-write-a-kind-of-surreal-fantasy-but-they-can-t-put-surreal-fantasy/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/don-t-start-an-argument-with-somebody-who-has-a-microphone-when-you/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [“I intend to keep writing stories that piss people off, that tell the particular kind of truth I think is valid, that will make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/i-intend-to-keep-writing-stories-that-piss-people-off-that-tell-the/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [“Who Needs the Taj Mahal when it's a drag to live at all?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/who-needs-the-taj-mahal-when-it-s-a-drag-to-live-at-all/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

> [Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/like-a-wind-crying-endlessly-through-the-universe-time-carries-away/)

[Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/)

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