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Brave New World Drugs and Alcohol Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Part.Paragraph)

Quote #25

"Benighted fool!" shouted the man from The Fordian Science Monitor, "why don't you take soma?"

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"Evil's an unreality if you take a couple of grammes."

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"Pain's a delusion." (18.54-8)

This is exactly what John seeks to disprove by his self-mutilation. Not only is pain very, very real, but it's necessary for all men to be truly alive.