“It was possible, no doubt, to imagine a society in which wealth, in the sense of personal possessions and luxuries, should be… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The war didn’t break everything. It just kept unraveling afterward. The men dragged it back home with them...” — Slava Pilotoff Copy Share Image
“The greatest guilt of today is that of people who accept collectivism by moral default; the people who seek protection from the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“I could be listening to Painted Red weave the stories of the saints in her rich roomy voice, and beginning to see… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
“Even though we don't know which companies the NSA has compromised – or by what means – knowing that they could have… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
“I'm just sorry. Sorry that there won't be any more camping trips for kids or rock bands or even new books to… — Jeyn Roberts Copy Share Image
“We would do well, as Orwell counselled, to see the traces of the dystopian around us, to find the ends of those… — Darran Anderson Copy Share Image
“So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-nots,… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
“Out here we speak Malspeak, a mangle of English and old languages like Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian. Dialects from a time when… — Georgia Clark Copy Share Image
“Husband . . . Father . . .” her mom mocked. “You think it’s the same man. But war slices people open.… — Slava Pilotoff Copy Share Image
“Find our way out, Greenie. Solve the buggin' Maze and find our way out.” — James Dashner Copy Share Image
“It may be that the best we can hope for when it comes to utopias is that they be held at arm's… — Edward Rothstein Copy Share Image
“This is a dystopia, but also a post-apocalypse. The dystopia survived the apocalypse, nobody can get their head around it—too bad! You… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“Then the Skopamish showed up. Their chests heaving, rotting eyes like dull raisins in their skulls. Their eyes found mine like a… — Tamara Rose Blodgett Copy Share Image
“I'm a wanted fugitive, and you're an upstanding bachelor of the year!” — S.L. Wallace Copy Share Image
“Society can serve its citizens only to the extent that it knows them.” — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“I want to laugh one of those strange, high-pitched, delusional laughs that signals the end of a person's sanity. Because this world,… — Tehereh Mafi Unravel Me Copy Share Image
“The six stories of dirt and mile of distance between us and the Citizens of Iris is far from insurmountable, but we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
If you're living in a dystopia, you don't necessarily want to look at another one. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into… — George Orwell Copy Share Image