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# John Wyndham

(1903–1969)   Science Fiction Writer

 **81** quotes in **265** categories

John Wyndham wonders about kindness and love, hoping the world shows more charity to those who suffer. He talks about how honesty can grow slowly, only when we let it. He also questions why every vote counts the same, even when some seem foolish.

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John Wyndham was a science fiction writer, best known for *The Day of the Triffids*.

## Quick Facts About John Wyndham

Born July 10, 1903

Died March 11, 1969

Profession Science Fiction Writer

Notable works The Day of the Triffids

## About John Wyndham

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was an English science fiction writer best known for his works published under the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known works include The Day of the Triffids (1951), filmed in 1962, and The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), which was filmed in 1960 as Village of the Damned, in 1995 under the same title, and again in 2022 in Sky Max under its original title.

##  Quotes by John Wyndham

> [“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-dove-is-not-a-coward-to-fear-the-hawk-it-is-simply-wise/)

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[Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/)

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> [Find a nice, self sufficient hilltop, and fortify it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/find-a-nice-self-sufficient-hilltop-and-fortify-it/)

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[Hilltop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hilltop/)

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> [“novelty is a wonderfully short-lived thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/novelty-is-a-wonderfully-short-lived-thing/)

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[Novelty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/novelty/)

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> [“…after all, what is a planet but an island in space?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/after-all-what-is-a-planet-but-an-island-in-space/)

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[Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/)

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> [“a sort of botanical glory-hole”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/a-sort-of-botanical-glory-hole/)

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[Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/)

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> [The clock is the most sacred thing in a hospital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-clock-is-the-most-sacred-thing-in-a-hospital/)

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[Clock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clock/)

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> [The clock is the most scared thing in a hospital](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-clock-is-the-most-scared-thing-in-a-hospital/)

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[Clock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clock/)

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> [“Darling, whose book is this to be?" "Ostensibly yours, my sweet" "I see -- rather like my life since I met you?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/darling-whose-book-is-this-to-be-ostensibly-yours-my-sweet-i-see/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [The essential quality of life is living' the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution; and we are part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-essential-quality-of-life-is-living-the-essential-quality-of-2/)

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[Biology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/)

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> [“Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence,” she said reflectively.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/anybody-who-has-had-a-great-treasure-has-always-led-a-precarious/)

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[Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/)

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> [Children have a different convention of the fearful until they have been taught the proper things to be shocked at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/children-have-a-different-convention-of-the-fearful-until-they-have/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“appreciating a private room. In a public ward the messy proceeding would have taken place a whole unnecessary hour”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/appreciating-a-private-room-in-a-public-ward-the-messy-proceeding/)

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[Mess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mess/)

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> [And we danced, on the brink of an unknown future, to an echo from a vanished past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/and-we-danced-on-the-brink-of-an-unknown-future-to-an-echo-from-a/)

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[Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/)

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> [Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/some-quotations-said-zellaby-are-greatly-improved-by-lack-of-context/)

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[Improved](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/improved/)

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> [When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/when-a-day-that-you-happen-to-know-is-wednesday-starts-off-sounding/)

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[Sunday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday/)

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> [“The essential quality of life is living; the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution: and we are part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-essential-quality-of-life-is-living-the-essential-quality-of/)

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[Biology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/)

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> [“You are judging by social rules and finding crime. I am considering an elemental struggle, and finding no crime - just grim,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/you-are-judging-by-social-rules-and-finding-crime-i-am-considering-an/)

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[Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crime/)

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> [“And so the one in our garden continued its growth peacefully, as did thousands like it in neglected spots all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/and-so-the-one-in-our-garden-continued-its-growth-peacefully-as-did/)

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[Continued growth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/continued-growth/)

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> [It must be, I thought, one of the race's most persistent and comforting hallucinations to trust that "it can't happen here" --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/it-must-be-i-thought-one-of-the-race-s-most-persistent-and-comforting/)

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[Comforting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comforting/)

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> [“There were some cigarettes still in the case. I lit one, and started to get into the state of mind where, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/there-were-some-cigarettes-still-in-the-case-i-lit-one-and-started-to/)

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[Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/)

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> [ “Most people \[…\] prefer to be coaxed or wheedled, or even driven. That way they never make a mistake: if there is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/most-people-prefer-to-be-coaxed-or-wheedled-or-even-driven-that-way/)

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[Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/)

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> [We all have our youthful follies, embarassing to recall -- but people somehow find it hard to dismiss as a youthful folly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/we-all-have-our-youthful-follies-embarassing-to-recall-but-people/)

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[Embarassing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/embarassing/)

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> [“The laws evolved by one particular species, for the convenience of that species, are, by their nature, concerned only with the capacities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-laws-evolved-by-one-particular-species-for-the-convenience-of/)

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[Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/)

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> [“... the more complex they made their world, the less capable they were of dealing with it. They had no means of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-more-complex-they-made-their-world-the-less-capable-they-were-of/)

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[Society-problem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/society-problem/)

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> [I don't think it had ever occurred to me that man's supremacy is not primarily due to his brain, as most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/i-don-t-think-it-had-ever-occurred-to-me-that-man-s-supremacy-is-not/)

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[Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/)

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> [“It seemed to me an odd view to take - rather as if one should protest that one didn't LIKE the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/it-seemed-to-me-an-odd-view-to-take-rather-as-if-one-should-protest/)

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[Being-born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-born-17215/)

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> [“You'd think she'd be reasonable," he muttered. "Most people aren't, even though they'd protest that they are. They prefer to be coaxed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/you-d-think-she-d-be-reasonable-he-muttered-most-people-aren-t-even/)

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[Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/)

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> [“You'd expect her to see reason,' he muttered. I don't see why. Most of us don't - we see habit. She'll oppose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/you-d-expect-her-to-see-reason-he-muttered-i-don-t-see-why-most-of-us/)

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[Habits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/habits/)

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> [“Why should they be afraid of us? We aren’t hurting them,’ she broke in. “I’m not sure that I know why,’ I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/why-should-they-be-afraid-of-us-we-aren-t-hurting-them-she-broke-in-i/)

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[Afraid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afraid/)

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> [No... souls are just counters for churches to collect, all the same value, like nails. No, what makes man man is mind;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/no-souls-are-just-counters-for-churches-to-collect-all-the-same-value/)

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[Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church/)

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> [“You can't kill an idea the way they try to. You can keep it down awhile, but sooner or later it'll come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/you-can-t-kill-an-idea-the-way-they-try-to-you-can-keep-it-down/)

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[Science fiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/)

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> [“The definition of Man recited itself in my head... And God created man in His own image. And God decreed that man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-definition-of-man-recited-itself-in-my-head-and-god-created-man/)

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[God Created](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-created/)

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> [“The only sounds in the cave were the hopeless, abandoned sobbing, and plop-plop-plop of the drips. Petra looked at us, then at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-only-sounds-in-the-cave-were-the-hopeless-abandoned-sobbing-and/)

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> [So you're in love with her?' she went on. A word again ... When the minds have learnt to mingle, when no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/so-you-re-in-love-with-her-she-went-on-a-word-again-when-the-minds/)

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[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

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> [“We have both been given the same wish to survive, We are all, you see, toys of the life-force. It made you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/we-have-both-been-given-the-same-wish-to-survive-we-are-all-you-see/)

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[Cruelty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cruelty/)

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> [“The Sunday Tidings, which had for some years been pursing a policy of intellectual sensationalism, had never found it easy to maintain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-sunday-tidings-which-had-for-some-years-been-pursing-a-policy-of/)

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[Sensationalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sensationalism/)

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> [“There is an inability to sustain the tragic mood, a phoenix quality of the mind. It may be helpful or harmful, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/there-is-an-inability-to-sustain-the-tragic-mood-a-phoenix-quality-of/)

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[Blue sky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blue-sky/)

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> [“Sophie dear,' I said. 'Are you in love with him - with this spider-man?' 'Oh, don't call him that - please -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/sophie-dear-i-said-are-you-in-love-with-him-with-this-spider-man-oh/)

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[Gaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/)

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> [“Until then I had always thought of loneliness as something negative—an absence of company, and, of course, something temporary... That day I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/until-then-i-had-always-thought-of-loneliness-as-something-negative/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [Knowing makes all the difference... It's the difference between just trying to keep alive, and having something to live for](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/knowing-makes-all-the-difference-it-s-the-difference-between-just/)

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[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

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