J. G. BALLARD QUOTES VI

English novelist (1930-2009)

Human beings today ... are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate.

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A User's Guide to the Millennium

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A small revolution was taking place, so modest and well behaved that almost no one had noticed.

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Millennium People

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Thinking of his unsettled dreams, and puzzled by their missing sound track, Jim tugged at his ruffed collar.

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Empire of the Sun

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The camera resumes its melancholy tour.

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Running Wild


In a real war, no one knew which side he was on, and there were no flags or commentators or winners.

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Empire of the Sun

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First wives are a rite of passage into adult life. In many ways it's important that first marriages go wrong. That's how we learn the truth about ourselves.

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Millennium People

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Appearances proved nothing and everything.

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Millennium People


Psychiatrists — the dominant lay priesthood since the First World War.

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A User's Guide to the Millennium

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