"The humans have a curious force they call ambition. It drives them, and, through them, it drives us. This force which keeps them active, we lack. Perhaps, in time, we machines will acquire it." (John Wyndham, "The Lost Machine", 1932)
"There are so many disadvantages in human construction which do not occur in us machines. [...] Some little thing here or there breaks - they stop working and then, in a short time, they are decomposing. Had he been a machine, like myself, I could have mended him, replaced the broken parts and made him as good as new, but with these animal structures one is almost helpless." (John Wyndham, "The Lost Machine", 1932)
"Knowing makes all the difference... It's the difference between just trying to keep alive, and having something to live for." (John Wyndham, "The Chrysalids", 1955)
"The essential quality of life is living, the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution; and we are part of it." (John Wyndham, "The Chrysalids", 1955)
"Knowledge is simply a kind of fuel; it needs the motor of understanding to convert it into power." (John Wyndham, "The Midwich Cuckoos (1957)
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