one man’s search for an alternative to the moral disillusionment of the modern world

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

Consider also:

  1. “It was a form of insanity. It was wonderful! Being in church was probably like this, he thought. They were like one whole creature.”
  2. “So you think I’m mad?” said Conway at length. Mallinson broke into a nervous laugh. “Well, I should damn well say so, after a tale like that. I mean … well, really … such utter nonsense … it seems to me rather beyond arguing about.”
  3. “by God’s mercy I hope to accomplish a service to mankind before I die, and to subserve the vengeance of Heaven upon the fiends”
  4. In magic—and in life—there is only the present moment, the now. You can’t measure time the way you measure the distance between two points.
  5. “It’s Chung Fu,” Juliana said. “Inner Truth. I know without using the chart, too. And I know what it means.” Raising his head, Hawthorne scrutinized her. He had now an almost savage expression. “It means, does it, that my book is true?” “Yes,” she said. With anger he said, “Germany and Japan lost the war.” “Yes.”