# The Kraken Wakes

- Author: [John Wyndham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham.md)
- Quotes: 7
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-kraken-wakes

## Quotes

> "In the country you can at least grow things. You do have a chance. But a city is a sort of desert of bricks and stones. Once you've used up what is there, you're done for."

p. 341 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-kraken-wakes/in-the-country.md)

> "Why was I condemned to live in a democracy where every fool's vote is equal to a sensible man's?"

p. 337 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-kraken-wakes/why-was-i-condemned.md)

> 'Somehow running away seldom seems to work out well unless you have a pretty good idea what you're running to."

p. 360 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-kraken-wakes/somehow-running-away.md)

> "We ourselves have a tradition of taking beatings, and then winning wars," said Bocker.

p. 337 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-kraken-wakes/we-ourselves-have.md)

> But we had learnt, as had many before us, about the bread-alone factor, one needed more than adequate food.

p. 372 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-kraken-wakes/but-we-had.md)

> Wondering why one's friends chose to marry the people they did is unprofitable, but recurrent.

p. 261 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-kraken-wakes/wondering-why-ones.md)

> "Life in all its forms is strife; the better matched the opponents, the harder the struggle. The most powerful of all weapons is intelligence; any intelligent form dominates by, and therefore survives by, its intelligence."

p. 336 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-kraken-wakes/life-in-all.md)