“If there's a heaven, it's a dark place. A cold place. A lonely place.” — Sakurazaka Hiroshi Copy Share Image
“You won't find the tales I bear in any books . . . My tales are from the Moon Realm.” —Ebb Autumn” — Richard Due Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it takes losing everything to see the truth in nothing, except love, honor, and death.” — N.J. Paige Copy Share Image
“Those who work for the government are never men of their word. -Axel Chambers” — Rosie Scott Copy Share Image
“I want the next goddamn tyrant who tries to burn the past down to choke on the ash.” — Elijah Stepanovich Copy Share Image
“For the first time I had the best of both worlds--a mission to live for and a man to love.” — Rie Warren Copy Share Image
“... You have to pull the feet to break the neck. They let the loved ones do it.” — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
“After all this time, I know exactly where I belong. Here. With Edmond. And that's how I live now.” — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
It's a dystopian world where things aren't connected. But life feels light when we can communicate, joke or laugh on ourselves. — Ashish Vidyarthi Copy Share Image
'Blade Runner' was one of several dystopian science-fiction films to tank in the early and middle '80s. 'Tron,' 'The Dark Crystal,' 'The… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
Home, home -- a few small rooms, stiflingly over-inhabited by a man, by a periodically teeming woman, by a rabble of boys… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
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
The way superheroes dominate the fictional landscape now, along with dystopian futures and zombies. Yeah, definitely - I think these stories function… — Adam Frank Copy Share Image
“Embedded in their psyche was the story of what had happened to the world, and the boys felt glorious to be on… — Pernell Plath Meier Copy Share Image
“Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me… — Therisa Peimer Copy Share Image
“You should’ve told me,” she repeats. “Because here’s a news flash: You might’ve wanted to shelter me, but there’s nowhere you can… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
I haven't written a novel or something that long, because I really am improvising all along and the story is growing new… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“I laughed under my breath, and it sounded bitter. “Listen to me. What am I talking about, worth it? Is any experience… — Kate Avery Ellison Copy Share Image
Our social fabric is sundered. GoFundMe and the other crowdfunding sites that have proliferated since 2010 are an example of what has… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
“My latest battle had nothing to do with The Company, the rebels, or any other faction. It was out-and-out warfare between my… — Rie Warren Copy Share Image
“Her husband's visage captivated her from the first moment she saw him step out of the royal carriage a hundred years ago.… — Therisa Peimer Copy Share Image
“Aurelia, not all those women are uppity aristocratic bitches. Most of them are normal nice girls trying to survive in shark-infested waters,… — Therisa Peimer Copy Share Image
I feel as if dystopian and utopian representations are historically the most effective way of criticizing modern society. You know, because you… — Owen Pallett Copy Share Image
“She feels him scoot closer, the heat of him radiating off his chest and absorbing into her skin. His legs straddle her… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“So if you're trying to play games with me, I should let you know up front that it's not going to work.… — Tehereh Mafi Unravel Me Copy Share Image
“Refusing to listen to him any longer, Julian backs up. “Whenever you realize working together is in Summer’s best interest, come find… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“When the nurse leaves, Doctor Rose mouths, “Act like you’re in pain.” Then she mimics a painful expression in case Summer doesn’t… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“I knew that feeling, the sense of panic that stretched time, turning seconds into years, and the deep pain that came from… — Lissa Price Copy Share Image
“They wept for humanity, those two, not for themselves. They could not bear that this should be the end. Ere silence was… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“The internet. Can we trust in that? Of course not. Give it six months and we'll probably discover Google's sewn together by… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“He extends his hand, cupping it in a loose fist to conceal whatever is in it. He swings it toward my arm,… — Quoleena Sbrocca Copy Share Image
“He’s focused on something—or someone—over her shoulder. The harmonious warbling of the rainforest morphs into organized disarray, as if a primitive maestro… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“I feel like the Earth has cracked open and swallowed me into a bottomless abyss.” — March Lions Copy Share Image
“If you don't know a name, you can't be hurt when they go. I have no friends anymore, all are lost.” — Patricia Hamill Copy Share Image
I think of dystopian as 'Mad Max,' as 'Book of Eli,' as the world is ending. — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
People in the know say 'The Giver' was the first young adult dystopian novel. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“I'll go over again and again until I've finally crossed to where he is” — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
