Its a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature. — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“That’s what you people do, isn’t it? Make assumptions and sell them to impressionable idiots.” — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
“If I didn't love so damn hard I wouldn't have someone to risk my life for.” — Leslie Lee Sanders Copy Share Image
Although I write dystopian fiction, I don't believe in dystopian fantasies. — John Twelve Hawks Copy Share Image
A good friend is someone who gets ya drunk and then walks ya home afterwards. — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
“But he couldn’t risk taking the helmet off. It was the only thing saving him from the firing squad. He was no… — T.C. Avey Copy Share Image
“A shiver ran through me. Freaks looked almost human -- and weren't. They had lesions on their skin, razor-sharp teeth, and claws… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
“Buddy, you have no idea what I am capable of. Now, put the rifle down on the ground. Step back and walk… — James J. Caterino Copy Share Image
“He hadn’t realized that the ordinary little things that happened, the ones that took place between the big events while waiting for… — Helen Smith Copy Share Image
“Money is a tool we use to reach certain ends. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s hard to come by, though, so when… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
“Well, for one, you walk around like you’re so much better than everyone else. We’re all a bunch of soulless animals or… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
“He felt as if he had left a stage behind and many actors. He felt as if he had left the great… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“That’s the funny thing about guns; even untrained hands can feel powerful using them. But take that gun away and you’re left… — Jennifer Wilson Copy Share Image
“Let me ask you this, Rayne. What do you think the point of the wall is? Segregation of species? Well, it’s more… — Quoleena Sbrocca Copy Share Image
“My chest tightens to the point I fear my heart will suffocate from the pressure of it. Society's standards are the total… — Jen Naumann Copy Share Image
“I would rather never make a penny on book sales and know that many had derived some fair pleasure from my writing,… — Eric Diehl Copy Share Image
“You think that because I am unwanted, because I am neglected and-and discarded-" My voice inches higher with every word, the unrestrained… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
What I find interesting and heartening, though, is that there does seem to be a shift in the subject matter being written… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
“he contrasts two pivotal works of dystopian fiction: George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. In Orwell’s vision, he notes,… — Brooke Gladstone Copy Share Image
“And what about the most merciful Christian God, slowly roasting in the fires of hell all those who would not submit? Was… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“For a moment nothing happens. The figure stands still and I stand cold and alive and- He starts to run. I make… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“What do you read after the Hunger Games? Start the Octagon series for just 99c - Limited Time Only. For Sale on… — J.K. Ellem Copy Share Image
“It’s degrading being routinely subjected to a battery of medical tests to ensure I continue to deserve a place in this new… — Siobhan Davis Copy Share Image
“Be sure to volunteer to make your community a better place. We all win when everyone gives.” — Alexandra Swann Copy Share Image
“There has to be beauty left in the world, Julia," said Kiyu. "Otherwise we have nothing.” — Aron Christensen Copy Share Image
“They were like her rocks. Imperfect and surprising and maybe better in the long run than certainties. Chances, she thought, were life” — Veronica Rossi Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between being numb to something and being immune to it. — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
“I wish I was more experienced with boys, so that I could understand his intentions more clearly. I grimace inwardly when I… — Siobhan Davis Copy Share Image
“But a thought swarmed in me; what if he, this yellow-eyed being – in his ridiculous, dirty bundle of trees, in his… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“Humans have been doin’ awful things to each other throughout history. Humanity’s not as great as you make it out to be.… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
We need to keep government small, but we also need to keep the influence of big business small, and we need to… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
“Our world must be hell, then. It must be the hell of some other place where all of us committed atrocious sins… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
“Let them come. We’ve got helicopters, tanks, jets, and big guns. We’ve got armies of robots. What do they have but their… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
