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> [The popularity of conspiracy theories is explained by people's desire to believe that there is - some group of folks who know what they're doing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/the-popularity-of-conspiracy-theories-is-explained-by-people-s-desire/)

[Damon Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damon-knight/)

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## More by Damon Knight

> [By focusing on the interior of a speaker's larynx and using infrared, he was able to convert the visible vibrations of the vocal cords…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/by-focusing-on-the-interior-of-a-speaker-s-larynx-and-using-infrared/)

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> [It is true that all of us are the beneficiaries of crimes committed by our ancestors, and it is true that nothing can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/it-is-true-that-all-of-us-are-the-beneficiaries-of-crimes-committed/)

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> [Driving down the wrong road and knowing it, The fork years behind, how many have thought To pull up on the shoulder and leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/driving-down-the-wrong-road-and-knowing-it-the-fork-years-behind-how/)

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> [There are more riddles in a stone than in a philosopher's head](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/there-are-more-riddles-in-a-stone-than-in-a-philosopher-s-head/)

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> [“If you are miserable and ill, I can understand why you would not want to live a long time. But if you are happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/if-you-are-miserable-and-ill-i-can-understand-why-you-would-not-want/)

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> [“...There is no such thing as a story. The words on paper are only instructions used by each reader to create a story. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-story-the-words-on-paper-are-only/)

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> [One of my many theories about short stories is that their titles and first lines ought to be memorable, because if not memorable they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/one-of-my-many-theories-about-short-stories-is-that-their-titles-and/)

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> [“In the street, he turned west and walked against a tide of blank-eyed, gum-chewing faces. A taxi went over a manhole cover, clink-clank. Steam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/in-the-street-he-turned-west-and-walked-against-a-tide-of-blank-eyed/)

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> [During the four days of the storm, I became accustomed to the soft light of lamps and candles and grew to like it. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/during-the-four-days-of-the-storm-i-became-accustomed-to-the-soft/)

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> [Science fiction is what I point at when I say science fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/science-fiction-is-what-i-point-at-when-i-say-science-fiction/)

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> [We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us human. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/we-live-on-a-minute-island-of-known-things-our-undiminished-wonder-at/)

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> [The popularity of conspiracy theories is explained by people's desire to believe that there is - some group of folks who know what they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damon-knight/the-popularity-of-conspiracy-theories-is-explained-by-people-s-desire/)

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