Books Quote by Philip Jose Farmer

Tomorrow changes the face of reality.

— Philip Jose Farmer

Miles above the Earth we know , Fancy's rocket roars. Below, Here and Now are needles which Sew a pattern black as pitch, Waiting…

— Philip Jose Farmer

“The n'k did not want to be enlightened. They resented the truth as if it threatened them. In this respect, they are most like…

— Philip José Farmer

One thing is sure, O comrades, that the love That fights to keep us rooted in the earth, But also urges us to dare…

— Philip Jose Farmer

“yet the world between them was wide.”

— Philip José Farmer

By now you must have accepted the fact that your religion , in fact, none of the Earthly religions, truly knew what the afterlife…

— Philip Jose Farmer

“Look at those mountains. They go straight up, smooth as a politician denying he ever made a campaign promise.”

— Philip José Farmer

“First, humiliation, then humility, he would have said. And then comes humanity as a matter of course.”

— Philip José Farmer

Sawbeaked epitome of bodiless Idea, tossed by gusts of ether, dive Through abstract mists and raid the sea of fact Eat rich strange fish,…

— Philip Jose Farmer

All the human beings I met were either sure that there would be no afterlife or else that they would get preferential treatment in…

— Philip Jose Farmer

Let those who think the soul is shallow rail, They must be warned before they dare to leap They'll plunge into the twilight depths…

— Philip Jose Farmer

Caught Beauty , held to light, now apes A good, now evil, thing the shifting sign And spectrum of archaic, psychic shapes.

— Philip Jose Farmer