# Sleepers of Mars

- Author: [John Wyndham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham.md)
- Quotes: 11
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars

## Quotes

> "No one but a fool would say that a man who seethes inside like a volcano is calm.
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> I only know that when I see a man so tormented and cheated, and with such a look in his eyes, he is dangerous."

p. 47 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/no-one-but.md)

> "What did I tell you?" said my neighbour excitedly. "Force of mind, that's what those people use; that's why their hands are vestigial. Pure will-power."
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> The dwarf seemed to hear him, for he looked towards us.
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> "I am surprised," he sneered, "that you even know of such a thing as will-power. I judged by your reflexes that you had only instincts."

p. 76 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/what-did-i-tell.md)

> Those are the methods of Earth; that is the honour of great companies, as you will know to your cost should you have dealings with them. They'll use you, and then break you. . . .

p. 137 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/those-are-the.md)

> "But it is the old story of new generations refusing to be bound by the promises of their forefathers."

p. 46 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/but-it-is-the.md)

> "Truth is not altered by belief or disbelief."

p. 148 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/truth-is-not.md)

> "There are some forms of knowledge which it is unwise to spread; men are not yet ready to handle them."

p. 147 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/there-are-some.md)

> "The English," [Vinski] remarked at length, "have a saying that possession is nine points of the law. It is just the kind of sentiment one would expect to find in a capitalist country."

p. 19 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/the-english-vinski.md)

> Many men on earth have the vanity to believe in another life.

p. 39 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/many-men-on-earth.md)

> "We have been but little molested, for we have not the things which most men value."

p. 145 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/we-have-been.md)

> "It was curious that, in facing the man, I felt none of the distaste one has for an abnormality."

p. 72 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/it-was-curious.md)

> "And it all comes of this gallivanting about the Universe. I never did think much of it. Stick to your own planet, is what I say; it's quite big enough. But will they? Not so's you'd notice it. They go flinging themselves into space, and then what happens?" He paused aggrievedly.

p. 108 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/sleepers-of-mars/and-it-all.md)