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> [The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have become called, for no good reason, science fiction. A better generic term would be 'future fairy tales'. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/the-truth-is-that-trout-like-vonnegut-and-ray-bradbury-and-many/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

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## Other authors on Bradbury

## More by Philip Jose Farmer

> [Tomorrow changes the face of reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/tomorrow-changes-the-face-of-reality/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [Miles above the Earth we know , Fancy's rocket roars. Below, Here and Now are needles which Sew a pattern black as pitch, Waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/miles-above-the-earth-we-know-fancy-s-rocket-roars-below-here-and-now/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [“The n'k did not want to be enlightened. They resented the truth as if it threatened them. In this respect, they are most like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/the-n-k-did-not-want-to-be-enlightened-they-resented-the-truth-as-if/)

[Philip José Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [One thing is sure, O comrades, that the love That fights to keep us rooted in the earth, But also urges us to dare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/one-thing-is-sure-o-comrades-that-the-love-that-fights-to-keep-us/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [“yet the world between them was wide.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/yet-the-world-between-them-was-wide/)

[Philip José Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [By now you must have accepted the fact that your religion , in fact, none of the Earthly religions, truly knew what the afterlife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/by-now-you-must-have-accepted-the-fact-that-your-religion-in-fact/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [“Look at those mountains. They go straight up, smooth as a politician denying he ever made a campaign promise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/look-at-those-mountains-they-go-straight-up-smooth-as-a-politician/)

[Philip José Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [“First, humiliation, then humility, he would have said. And then comes humanity as a matter of course.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/first-humiliation-then-humility-he-would-have-said-and-then-comes/)

[Philip José Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [Sawbeaked epitome of bodiless Idea, tossed by gusts of ether, dive Through abstract mists and raid the sea of fact Eat rich strange fish,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/sawbeaked-epitome-of-bodiless-idea-tossed-by-gusts-of-ether-dive/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [All the human beings I met were either sure that there would be no afterlife or else that they would get preferential treatment in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/all-the-human-beings-i-met-were-either-sure-that-there-would-be-no/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [Let those who think the soul is shallow rail, They must be warned before they dare to leap They'll plunge into the twilight depths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/let-those-who-think-the-soul-is-shallow-rail-they-must-be-warned/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [Caught Beauty , held to light, now apes A good, now evil, thing the shifting sign And spectrum of archaic, psychic shapes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/caught-beauty-held-to-light-now-apes-a-good-now-evil-thing-the/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [Everybody should fear only one person, and that person should be himself .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/everybody-should-fear-only-one-person-and-that-person-should-be/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [It was the essence of life to disbelieve in death for one's self, to act as if life would continue forever. And life had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/it-was-the-essence-of-life-to-disbelieve-in-death-for-one-s-self-to/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

> [Resurrection, like politics, makes strange bedfellows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jose-farmer/resurrection-like-politics-makes-strange-bedfellows/)

[Philip Jose Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jose-farmer/)

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