Quotes & Sayings About The Dystopian Genre

the problem is then to develop a theory of invariance with respect to arbitrary linear transformations, in which, however, in contra-distinction to the case of affine geometry, we have a definite invariant quadratic form, viz. the metrical groundform once and for all as an absolute datum. — Hermann Weyl

Now a Bully can seem like a MONSTER or Just a Mad Kid with nothing to do.

For reasons unknown, they are angry and
they seem to like picking on YOU! — David Freeman

That's life when you're on the D-list. — Kathy Griffin

Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image. — Paul Di Filippo

The next time your daughter asks, 'Where are all the men?' Tell them that the Democratic party and its policies got rid of them' — Dennis Prager

It takes only one bad amp to turn your ears to oatmeal: That's how old hippies became Yanni fans. — Rob Sheffield

I'm an actor who believes we all have triggers to any stage of emotion. It's not always easy to find but it's still there. — Hugh Jackman

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something. — Billy Joel

I need space to think."
He looked stunned, almost like I'd hit him. "Space?"
I nodded, chewing my lip to hell.
And then Cam's eyes darkened, his whole expression growing taut with coming anger. I began to gnaw my lip as he took a menacing step towards me. "Space from me?"
I nodded.
"Fuck that shit," he growled. — Samantha Young

Opera? Just what the world needs: more fat women screaming. — Peter Boyle

We don't have the time to completely be ourselves. We only have the room to be happy. — Albert Camus

He was in his chair in the corner, resting a second before he came out for the next round
in a long line of next rounds. The thing he was fighting, you couldn't whip it for good. All you could do was keep on whipping it, till you couldn't come out anymore and somebody else had to take your place. — Ken Kesey

Sweetheart, I have no intention of denying you a thing. — Rebecca Brooks

I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne and Emily Dickinson, would be the influences; I specialized in Emily Dickinson at university. Both of those poets have really interesting ways of looking at life and death. — Samantha Shannon

Was I the rebel kid? The lost college student who just wanted to be accepted? The legalistic man who battled self-righteousness? Was I a husband or a father or a hip-hop artist? Like a tree trunk, all those people were a part of me. They are a part of me. But more than anything, Lecrae is a child who is unconditionally loved by God. I'm a sinner who has been rescued by God from my brokenness and called to glorify the One who has never left my side. That's who Lecrae is, and that's who I'll always be. — Lecrae Moore

Jiu Jitsu gives each of us something that no other sport can. We have the opportunity to become truly great regardless of what circumstance fate has handed us. We have complete freedom and responsibility to achieve whatever level of mastery we wish. — Chris Matakas