# Quote — Harry Harrison, Planet of the Damned

> There are far too many people there for comfort. Birth control came late and is still being fought—if you can possibly imagine that. There are just too many of the archaic religions still around, as well as crackbrained ideas that have been long entrenched in custom. The world’s overcrowded. Men, women, children, a boiling mob wherever you look.

- Author: [Harry Harrison](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-harrison.md)
- Book: [Planet of the Damned](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-harrison/planet-of-the-damned.md)
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> Their personal policy has become their planetary policy—and that’s never a very smart thing.

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> You must realize that living organisms will do anything to survive. Castaways at sea will drink their own urine in their need for water. Disgust at this is only the attitude of the overprotected who have never experienced extreme thirst or hunger.

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> The final product is a man-plant-animal symbiote that is admirably adapted for survival on this disaster world. No emotions to cause complications or desires that might interfere with pure survival. Complete ruthlessness—mankind has always been strong on this anyway, so it didn’t take much of a push.”

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