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It was the essence of life to disbelieve in death for one's self, to act as if life would continue forever. And life had to act also as if little issues were big ones. To take a realistic attitude toward life and death meant that one lapsed into unreality. Into insanity. It was ironic that the only way to keep one's sanity was to ignore that one was in an insane world or to act as if the world were sane.

~ Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer Death Insanity Ironic Life Sane Sanity

Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.

~ Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer Imagination Writing

The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have become called, for no good reason, science fiction. A better generic term would be 'future fairy tales'. And even this is objectionable, since many science fiction stories take place in the present or the past, far and near.

~ Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer Fairy Tale Genre Kurt Vonnegut Parable Ray Bradbury Science Fiction

It is no idle phrase that man was made in God's image. There is something worth saving in the worst of us, and out of this something a new man may be fashioned.

~ Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer Image Of God Man

This story is about love, which means that it is also about hate.

~ Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer Hate Love Story

Invincible ignorance always upset him, even though he knew he should just laugh at it.

~ Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer Ignorance

You had to make your choice between survival and efficiency, though in the long run survival was optimum efficiency, no matter how much time and effort it took.

~ Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer Efficiency Survival

Actually, the situation was intolerable. But then it was surprising how much intolerableness a man could tolerate.

~ Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer Witty

Experience was something it was difficult to avoid, though many people had managed to keep it to a minimum.

~ Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer Passive Life Witty
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