The Heads of Cerberus Quotes

“They curtailed the education of the people as needless and too expensive. When the people complained, they placated them by abolishing all grades above the primary and turning the schools into dance halls and free moving-picture theaters.”
― Francis Stevens, The Heads of Cerberus

“Mr. Mercy says, "Oh, you're as good as a Superlative already.”
― Francis Stevens, The Heads of Cerberus

“Drayton strained his eyes toward the hills, already purple in the sun's last rays. What hope was there among those desolate heights, more than was offered by the empty flatness of the plain? How many miles could be traversed by this frail-looking sister of Trenmore's before those dainty, high-heeled pumps of hers were worn to rags? Before she dropped exhausted? How many more miles could he and Trenmore carry her if they found neither food nor water?”
― Francis Stevens, The Heads of Cerberus

“Please don't joke any more, Terry," protested the other wearily. "I've not gone into details, but all the fun has been crushed out of me in the last year or so.”
― Francis Stevens, The Heads of Cerberus

“The Enlightenment gave humanity the idea that we might make things better, that perhaps there was some inevitability to this, that we would discover more, find better ways to live, treat one another with greater kindness, and eventually build a kind of heaven without the need of gods to hold it up.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Heads of Cerberus