# Quote — John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes

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

- Author: [John Wyndham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham.md)
- Book: [The Kraken Wakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-kraken-wakes.md)
- Page: 261
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Wyndham#The_Kraken_Wakes_(aka_'Out_of_the_Deeps')_(1953)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-kraken-wakes/wondering-why-ones

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> "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)