Hothouse Quotes

“The misfortune of a young man who returns to his native land after years away is that he finds his native land foreign; whereas the lands he left behind remain for ever like a mirage in his mind.
However, misfortune can itself sow seeds of creativity.

---- Afterword to "Hothouse" Brian Aldiss”
― Brian Aldiss, Hothouse

“Life on the big slope was endurable, and sometimes more than just endurable, for the human spirit was a genius for making mountains out of molehills of happiness.”
― Brian W. Aldiss, Hothouse

“This shall be home, where danger was my cradle, and all we have learned will guard us!”
― Brian W. Aldiss, The Long Afternoon of Earth

“To be a standard shape is not all in life.”
― Brian W. Aldiss, Hothouse

“The time was one of great organization and aspiration, of communities, communes, and committees.”
― Brian W. Aldiss, Hothouse

“Death, after all, had many shapes; everyone knew it: it was the way.”
― Brian W. Aldiss, Hothouse

“She strengthened her will by saying “It is the Way.”
― Brian W. Aldiss, Hothouse

“Nor could she frame deeper words herself; human understandings trickled shallow these days. It was the way.”
― Brian W. Aldiss, Hothouse

“Whistling, Lily-yo directed her dumbler back up to the home branch. Nothing now could be done for Clat. It was the way.”
― Brian W. Aldiss, Hothouse

“They would tear the wiltmilt to living pieces until nothing of it remained—and if they happened on a human at the same time … well, it was the way.”
― Brian W. Aldiss, Hothouse

“Rządzić znaczy służyć, kobieto! Ci, którzy sprawują władzę, są jej niewolnikami. Tylko wygnaniec jest wolny.”
― Brian W. Aldiss , Hothouse