Edmund Cooper quotes

Edmund Cooper was a British science fiction writer and poet known for his thought-provoking novels and short stories. His work often explored themes of individuality, social structure, and the future of humanity. He became recognized as an influential and distinctive voice in speculative fiction. Here are 52 of his quotes:

All fanaticism springs from the religious impulse. (Edmund Cooper)
Perhaps justified violence is better than peace at any price. View quote
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And yet to be without hope is almost to be without sanity. View quote
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Cultures and societies consumed each other, as well as animals and men. View quote
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But it is better to be destroyed on strange frontiers than to live in a prison of ignorance and fear. View quote
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For death is only a loss of radiance, and birth is only the beginning of a separate journey. View quote
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When one flowers dies, another is born. View quote
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For mankind may survive and live without machines, and still be civilised. But without compassion, the human race can only elaborate upon the futile cunning and the barren intelligence of the great apes. View quote
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Only the absurd could have any bearing on reality. View quote
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And he who loves last loves loudest. View quote
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How does one objectively define madness? (Edmund Cooper)
The colour of the skin is less important than the spirit wich moves it. View quote
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But some children have clearer vision than adults. View quote
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Without mankind machines are nothing. View quote
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But no one can be immune to the laws of chance. View quote
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In the country of the mad, the sane man is crazy. View quote
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The journey is what matters. View quote
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The mad can make their own laws. View quote
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Self-pity, a destroyer of perspective. View quote
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A man must either fall or rise in adversity. View quote
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There is no other god but life. Life is the only holy thing. And when that goes that is the death of God. (Edmund Cooper)
It is an inflexible law that all living things must seek to dominate their environment. View quote
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It is not in the nature of man to accept permanent failure. View quote
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Historically, the developement of machines had amplified man's ability to destroy. View quote
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The real struggle is between order and anarchy. View quote
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Edmund Cooper

Occupation: British Writer
Born: April 30, 1926
Died: March 11, 1982
Quotes count: 52
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