I love the place, and when they get love down to a bunch of factors you can analyse with a computer there’ll be nothing left of whatever makes it wor… - John Brunner

We are agreed that before we kill each other we should better serve mankind by killing those who order us to kill each other.

I see what Gene is driving at. To dream of changing the whole universe in accordance with a set of local preconceptions!...Oh, it's ridiculous!"
"A missionary," Gene repeated with a solemn nod. "By definition: a person who does without intending it more harm than good.

In an age when we have more choice than ever before, more mobility, more information, more opportunity to fulfill ourselves, how is it that people can prefer to be identical?