NovelAt times I suffer from the strangest sense of detachment from myself and the world about me; I seem to watch it all from the outside, from somewhere inconceivably remote, out of time, out of space, out of the stress and tragedy of it all.H.G. WellsThe War of the Worlds · 1897★ 3.6
NovelThe Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie to and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good. Lies are the mortar that bind the savage individual man into the social masonry.H.G. Wells1899★ 1.9
Historical literatureHuman history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.H.G. Wells1920★ 1.9
Essay · MagazineThe whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual.H.G. Wells1937★ 1.9