Themes and Variations Quotes

“Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations.”
― Aldous Huxley, Themes and Variations

“I know the outer world as well as you do, and I judge it. You know nothing of my inner world, and yet you presume to judge that world. ”
― Aldous Huxley, Themes and Variations

“Democracy is, among other things, the ability to say 'no' to the boss. But a man cannot say 'no' to the boss, unless he is sure of being able to eat when the boss's favour has been withdrawn.”
― Aldous Huxley, Themes and Variations

“Analizando su vida doméstica, Biran sentía que había hecho muy bien en casarse con una "amable y simple mujer, capaz de ser feliz a mi lado sin reclamarme nada, y para quien soy siempre lo suficientemente bueno como para no hacer esfuerzo alguno en modificarme".”
― Aldous Huxley, Themes and Variations