In this clever quote about death, the speaker says that death, like all changes, is unknowable until you’re on the other side. You can’t see to the other side until you are there. Everyone dies, he alludes to in this quote, and there is no way to make it through life without eventually meeting that fate.Īll major changes are like death. Here, he uses dark humor to describe the inescapable nature of death. “No one escapes from life alive” is a quote from Crichton’s novel Congo. It takes a deadpan approach to the situation while alluding to the incredible arrogance of the InGen scientists who believed they could recreate, without consequences, that which “God” killed. This famous quote from Jurassic Park presents the basic plot of the novel in clear, humorous language. God creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs. It also challenges readers’ beliefs about conformity, freedom, and war. Here, Crichton is challenging readers to consider their self-awareness and their perception of what it means to be sentient. This thought-provoking quote is found in Michael Crichton’s sequel to Jurassic Park, The Lost World. Other animals fight for territory or food but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their ‘beliefs.’ The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare.

For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware? There’s no evidence for it.

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