Huxley

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    Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

    Not only does every animal live at the expense of some other animal or plant, but the very plants are at war.... The individuals of a species are like the crew of a foundered ship, and none but good swimmers have a chance of reaching the land.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    After all, what is reading but a vice, like drink or venery or any other form of excessive self-indulgence? One reads to tickle and amuse one’s mind; one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking.
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)