I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The tragedy in his life already existed. To love an atmospheric spirit. That was the real sorrow. Hopelessness itself. Nowhere on the… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“He felt the pressure of her love as she squeezed his fingers, and then there was nothing. Except the pain. But nothing… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
And of course, in my writing, there is the constant theme of music, love of, preoccupation with, music. Music is the single… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
I will never fully understand; that is the nature of such creatures. Or is this Inner Truth now, this that is happening… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Those who refused to respond to new stimulus would perish. Adapt or perish. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“Hell,' I said, 'love is an American cult. We take it too seriously; it's practically a national religion.” — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“terms of those who loved her. She paid back their love with—well, with what? Malice? Not proven. Hate? Not proven. With the… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
How much of what we call 'reality' is actually out there or rather within our own head? — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“What about -- not sex -- but love?' 'Love is another name for sex.' 'Like love of country,' Rick said. 'Love of… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Why is love so good...? You love someone and they leave. They come home one day and you say "What's happening?" and… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Grief causes you to leave yourself. You step outside your narrow little pelt. And you can’t feel grief unless you’ve had love… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
So we and our elaborately evolving computers may meet each other halfway. Someday a human being, named perhaps Fred White, may shoot a robot… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Even if all life on our planet is destroyed, there must be other life somewhere which we know nothing of. It is impossible that… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“That is not how you do it; you do not solve one problem with another, greater problem.” — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
For each person there is a sentence—a series of words—which has the power to destroy them. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Why does a man cry? he wondered. Not like a woman; not for that. Not for sentiment. A man cries over the loss of… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The day came. The wrath descended. Sin, guilt, and retribution? The manic psychoses of those entities we referred to as states, institutions, systems -… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“I see,' Rick said. He felt numb. Completely. Throughout his entire body.” — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“What is identity? he asked himself. Where does the act end? Nobody knows.” — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
What scared me the most was when my father would put on the gasmask. His face would disappear... This was not a human being… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
