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Book: The Man in the High Castle
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
Man has not eaten God; God has eaten man.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
Italy being a traitor?" His voice grated. "The Duce-he was a clown; we all know that.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
We have no value, she said to herself. We can live out our tiny lives. If we want to. If it matters to us.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
And who am I? The wrong person; I can tell you that.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
Most self-indulgent of all Nazis, and is in sharp contrast to late H. Himmler, who lived in personal want at low salary. Herr Goring representative of spoils mentality, using power as means of acquiring personal wealth. Primitive mentality, even vulgar, but quite intelligent man, possibly most intelligent of all Nazi chiefs. Object of his drives: self-glorification in ancient emperor fashion.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
And this is the straight dope, right here. These people are not exactly human. They don the dress but they're like monkeys dolled up in the circus. They're clever and can learn, but that is all.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
Betty, having returned from the kitchen, had once more seated herself on the carpet. How attractive, Robert Childan thought again. The slender body. Their figures are so superior; not fat, not bulbous. No bra or girdle needed. I must conceal my longing; that at all costs. And yet now and then he let himself steal a glance at her. Lovely dark colors of her skin, hair, and eyes. We are half-baked compared to them. Allowed out of the kiln before we were fully done. The old aboriginal myth; the truth, there.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
In a foolish and loud manner he had argued politics; he had been rude in his disagreeing, and only the adroit tact of his host had sufficed to save the evening. How much I have to learn, Childan thought. They're so graceful and polite. And I-the white barbarian. It is true.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
He feels that most high-placed Nazis are refusing to face facts vis-à-vis their economic plight. By doing so, they accelerate the tendency toward greater adventures, less predictability, less stability in general. The cycle of manic enthusiasm, then fear, then Partei solutions of a desperate type-well, the point he got across was that all this tends to bring the most irresponsible and reckless aspirants to the top." Mr. Tagomi nodded. "So we must presume that the worst, rather than the best, choice will be made. The sober and responsible elements will be defeated in the present clash.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
You know the old brownshirt term for people who spin philosophy? Eierkopf. Egghead. Because the big double-domed empty heads break so easily . . . in the street brawls.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
So we must presume that the worst, rather than the best, choice will be made. The sober and responsible elements will be defeated in the present clash.
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Philip K. Dick _ The Man in the High Castle
The Nazis have no sense of humor, so why should they want television? Anyhow, they killed most of the really great comedians. Because most of them were Jewish. In fact, she realized, they killed off most of the entertainment field. I wonder how Hope gets away with what he says. Of course, he has to broadcast from Canada. And it's a little freer up there. But Hope really says things. Like the joke about Goring . . . the one where Goring buys Rome and has it shipped to his mountain retreat and then set up again. And revives Christianity so his pet lions will have something to-"
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