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I thought it was a utopian novel then.
It was only later that I came to understand that Huxley was describing a dystopia.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. --Aldous Huxley, "Proper Studies", 1927
That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent. --Aldous Huxley
A country which proposes to make use of modern war as an instrument of policy must possess a highly centralized, all-powerful executive, hence the absurdity of talking about the defense of democracy by force of arms. A democracy which makes or effectively prepares for modern scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. --Aldous Huxley
Chastity: the most unnatural of the sexual perversions. --Aldous Huxley
Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent. --Aldous Huxley
Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly- they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced. --Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), A Brave New World
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