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Philip K. Dick quotes

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“The problem with introspection is that it has no end” Philip K. Dick, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
“Truth . . . As terrible as death. But harder to find.” Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
“A weird time in which we are alive. We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope.” Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
“My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression” Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“I am weak, small, of no consequence to the universe. It does not notice me; I live on unseen. But why is that bad? Isn't it better that way? Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small… and you will escape the jealousy of the great.” Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
“Blood . . . can never be eradicated like ink.” Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
“Isn't a miserable reality better than the most interesting illusion?” Philip K. Dick, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
“Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error in judgment.” Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
“It requires the greatest kind of wisdom . . . to know when to apply injustice.” Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

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The Man in the High Castle (4)
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