Basically, Sherri's idea had to do with bringing Fat's mind down from the cosmic and the abstract to the particular. She had… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“There were many human groups that did not go to war; the Eskimos never grasped the idea at all, and the American… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
In a civil war… every side is wrong. It’s hopeless to try to untangle it. Everyone is a victim. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“What you should do," she told Fat during one of his darker hours, "is get into studying the characteristics of the T-34."… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The will to believe chases out the rational mind, whenever and wherever the two come into conflict. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“The human society has evolved war as a cultural institution, like the science of astronomy, or mathematics. War is a part of… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“It's all a big racket; they're playing it on themselves. I mean, a gun goes through a famous battle, like the Meuse-Argonne,… — 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
