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> [“Look around you,” the stranger said. “Can’t you see that we are living amongst the ruins of our civilisation?” The words seemed to chime in with the deliberations already in Egremont’s mind, and he thought again of the disillusionment he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-samuels/look-around-you-the-stranger-said-can-t-you-see-that-we-are-living/)

[Mark Samuels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-samuels/)

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## More by Mark Samuels

> [“One may escape from the prisons of experience, ideology or philosophy, but it is impossible to escape from the reality of one's innermost self.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-samuels/one-may-escape-from-the-prisons-of-experience-ideology-or-philosophy/)

[Mark Samuels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-samuels/)

> [“The European dream was dead, he thought, the Europe of grand ideals was buried in the ashes of apathy. There was no brotherhood of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-samuels/the-european-dream-was-dead-he-thought-the-europe-of-grand-ideals-was/)

[Mark Samuels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-samuels/)

> [“Look around you,” the stranger said. “Can’t you see that we are living amongst the ruins of our civilisation?” The words seemed to chime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-samuels/look-around-you-the-stranger-said-can-t-you-see-that-we-are-living/)

[Mark Samuels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-samuels/)

> [“You are simply a dream... and I am tired of dreaming.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-samuels/you-are-simply-a-dream-and-i-am-tired-of-dreaming/)

[Mark Samuels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-samuels/)

> [“When I was a kid, growing up during the 1970s, I used to read a lot of horror and science fiction. I graduated from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-samuels/when-i-was-a-kid-growing-up-during-the-1970s-i-used-to-read-a-lot-of/)

[Mark Samuels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-samuels/)

> [“I emphasise it now; I had little-to-nothing in common with other people. Their values I did not comprehend, their ideals were to me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-samuels/i-emphasise-it-now-i-had-little-to-nothing-in-common-with-other/)

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