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# John Wyndham

(1903–1969)   Science Fiction Writer

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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 · Page 2

> [“asked. ‘Just that mere existence is not enough. One exists by barter. One lives by giving – and taking.’ ‘I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/asked-just-that-mere-existence-is-not-enough-one-exists-by-barter-one/)

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[Existence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence/)

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> [If you run away from a thing just because you don't like it, you don't like what you find either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/if-you-run-away-from-a-thing-just-because-you-don-t-like-it-you-don-t/)

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[Run away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/run-away/)

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> [“My protective coloration isn't intended to deceive you, my sweet. It is intended to deceive me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/my-protective-coloration-isn-t-intended-to-deceive-you-my-sweet-it-is/)

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[Deceive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deceive/)

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> [It's humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it's still a poorer pass to have no one to depend on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/it-s-humiliating-to-be-dependent-anyway-but-it-s-still-a-poorer-pass/)

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[Dependent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dependent/)

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> [There was often a great deal of grown-up fuss that seemed disproportionate to causes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/there-was-often-a-great-deal-of-grown-up-fuss-that-seemed/)

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[Causes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/causes/)

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> [Why was I condemned to live in a democracy where every fool's vote is equal to a sensible man's?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/why-was-i-condemned-to-live-in-a-democracy-where-every-fool-s-vote-is/)

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[Democracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democracy/)

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> [Why should I? I've done nothing to be ashamed of. I am not ashamed - I am only beaten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/why-should-i-i-ve-done-nothing-to-be-ashamed-of-i-am-not-ashamed-i-am/)

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[Ashamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ashamed/)

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> [Knowledge is simply a kind of fuel; it needs the motor of understanding to convert it into power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/knowledge-is-simply-a-kind-of-fuel-it-needs-the-motor-of/)

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[Fuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fuel/)

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> [The humans have a curious force they call ambition. It drives them, and, through them, it drives us. This force which keeps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-humans-have-a-curious-force-they-call-ambition-it-drives-them-and/)

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[Acquire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquire/)

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> [The simple rely on a bolstering mass of maxim and precept, so do the timid, so do the mentally lazy – and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-simple-rely-on-a-bolstering-mass-of-maxim-and-precept-so-do-the/)

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[Imagine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine/)

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> [“In my experience,’ he told me, ‘if you run away from a thing just because you don’t like it you don’t know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/in-my-experience-he-told-me-if-you-run-away-from-a-thing-just-because/)

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[Run away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/run-away/)

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> [I shall pray God to send charity into this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/i-shall-pray-god-to-send-charity-into-this-hideous-world-and-sympathy/)

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[And love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/and-love/)

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> [I'm a reliable witness, you're a reliable witness, practically all God's children are reliable witnesses in their own estimation--which makes it funny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/i-m-a-reliable-witness-you-re-a-reliable-witness-practically-all-god/)

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[Affair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affair/)

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> [“But not she. Her eternity is an article of her faith. Great wars and disasters can ebb and flow, races rise and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/but-not-she-her-eternity-is-an-article-of-her-faith-great-wars-and/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [“What we do with the product of genius is first of all ram it down to the lowest common denominator and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/what-we-do-with-the-product-of-genius-is-first-of-all-ram-it-down-to/)

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[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [“The alternative is the sword over your heads,' he said. 'I know,' I agreed unhappily. 'But that isn't the way. A sword…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/the-alternative-is-the-sword-over-your-heads-he-said-i-know-i-agreed/)

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[Alternative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alternative/)

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> [“There is no conception more fallacious than the sense of cosiness implied by "Mother Nature". Each species must strive to survive, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/there-is-no-conception-more-fallacious-than-the-sense-of-cosiness/)

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[Mother nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-nature/)

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> [“Among the other papers I bought at London Airport was the current number of The Beholder. Thought it is, I am aware,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/among-the-other-papers-i-bought-at-london-airport-was-the-current/)

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[Beholder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beholder/)

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> [To deprive a gregarious creature of companionship is to maim it, to outrage its nature. The prisoner and the cenobite are aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/to-deprive-a-gregarious-creature-of-companionship-is-to-maim-it-to/)

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[Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/)

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> [“I'm not romancing. I'm talking about the inevitable time when, unless we do something to stop it, men will be hunting men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/i-m-not-romancing-i-m-talking-about-the-inevitable-time-when-unless/)

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

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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-2/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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> [And again there are no words. Words exist that can, used by a poet, achieve a dim monochrome of the body's love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/and-again-there-are-no-words-words-exist-that-can-used-by-a-poet/)

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[Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/)

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> [I shall pray to God to send charity to this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/i-shall-pray-to-god-to-send-charity-to-this-hideous-world-and/)

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[And love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/and-love/)

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> [“Something entirely unexpected happened to Bert. Yesterday he had seen her as a child grown up, today it was different. There was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/something-entirely-unexpected-happened-to-bert-yesterday-he-had-seen/)

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

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> [“You don't seriously suggest that thet're talking when they make that rattling noise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/you-don-t-seriously-suggest-that-thet-re-talking-when-they-make-that/)

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[Rattling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rattling/)

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> [“ “Your Tim is so unmistakably a healthy extravert type. Mens stulta in corpore sano, and all that.” “Exactly,” she agreed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/your-tim-is-so-unmistakably-a-healthy-extravert-type-mens-stulta-in/)

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[Health](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/health/)

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> [“When she fired, he stopped, looking round wildly. He had no cover to drop to. She fired again…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/when-she-fired-he-stopped-looking-round-wildly-he-had-no-cover-to/)

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[Fired](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fired/)

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> [If you want to keep alive in the jungle, you must live as the jungle does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/if-you-want-to-keep-alive-in-the-jungle-you-must-live-as-the-jungle/)

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

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> [Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/anybody-who-has-had-a-great-treasure-has-always-led-a-precarious-2/)

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[Existence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence/)

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> [“There must, I think, be a great many people who go around just longing to be baffled...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/there-must-i-think-be-a-great-many-people-who-go-around-just-longing/)

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[Baffled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baffled/)

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> [“You will have experienced, perhaps, that feeling of being relieved of a weight that you had not properly realized was there?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/you-will-have-experienced-perhaps-that-feeling-of-being-relieved-of-a/)

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[Feeling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feeling/)

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> [“Personal honesty takes time to assert itself - if it is ever allowed to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/personal-honesty-takes-time-to-assert-itself-if-it-is-ever-allowed-to/)

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[Honesty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honesty/)

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> [“It is because nature is ruthless, hideous, and cruel beyond belief that it was necessary to invent civilisation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/it-is-because-nature-is-ruthless-hideous-and-cruel-beyond-belief-that/)

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[Beyond belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beyond-belief/)

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> [“It was all conveyed by the nicest, almost indetectably refined blend of sympathy and bitchiness...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/it-was-all-conveyed-by-the-nicest-almost-indetectably-refined-blend/)

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[Bitchiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitchiness/)

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> [“And isn’t there something a little sad about youth and beauty in any circumstances?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/and-isn-t-there-something-a-little-sad-about-youth-and-beauty-in-any/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [“don’t know whether that would be the zenith or nadir of decadence,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/don-t-know-whether-that-would-be-the-zenith-or-nadir-of-decadence/)

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[Decadence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decadence/)

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> [“I suppose a book is still a book, even if no one but the author and his wife reads it," she said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/i-suppose-a-book-is-still-a-book-even-if-no-one-but-the-author-and/)

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

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> [“When I was quite small I would sometimes dream of a city - which was strange, because it began before I even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/when-i-was-quite-small-i-would-sometimes-dream-of-a-city-which-was/)

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[Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/)

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> [“Nobody is going to be muddle-headed enough to confuse ignorance with innocence now - it's too important. Nor is ignorance going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/nobody-is-going-to-be-muddle-headed-enough-to-confuse-ignorance-with/)

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[Ignorance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ignorance/)

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> [But, as I understand it, your God is a universal God; He is God on all suns and all planets. Surely, then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/but-as-i-understand-it-your-god-is-a-universal-god-he-is-god-on-all/)

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[Form](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/form/)

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