3 Brian Aldiss Quotes on Psychology

Brian Aldiss quotes on psychology

17. They came, by what means he did not know, from outside, the vast abstraction that none of them had ever seen. He had a mental picture of a starry void in which men and monsters swam or battled, and then swiftly erased it. Such ideas did not conform with the quiet behavior of his companions; if they never spoke about outside, did they think about it?

44. 'I'm no good, Teddy. Let's run away!' 'You're a very good boy. Your Mummy loves you.' Slowly, he shook his head. 'If she loved me, then why can't I talk to her?' 'You're being silly, David. Mummy's lonely. That's why she had you.' 'She's got Daddy. I've got nobody 'cept you, and I'm lonely.'

54. I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a scientific truth, but it's psychological truth.