Quote 13
"It's lucky," he added, after a pause, "that there are such a lot of islands in the world. I don't know what we should do without them." (16.67)
This is an important quote, because it reminds us of the fundamental failures of the attempt to subjugate and dehumanize. Mustapha freely admits that there are many people whom the Controllers cannot control. But he doesn't seem to recognize the next logical conclusion—that the system isn't working, and that individuality prevails.
Quote 14
Feeling lurks in that interval of time between desire and its consummation. Shorten that interval, break down all those old unnecessary barriers.
"Fortunate boys!" said the Controller. "No pains have been spared to make your lives emotionally easy—to preserve you, so far as that is possible, from having emotions at all." (3.115-6)
The Controller misses a key point here—that the consummation is made better by the waiting.
Quote 15
"Has any of you been compelled to live through a long time-interval between the consciousness of a desire and its fulfillment?"
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"I once had to wait nearly four weeks before a girl I wanted would let me have her."
"And you felt a strong emotion in consequence?"
"Horrible!"
"Horrible; precisely," said the Controller. (3.132-8)
This passage raises the question, what happens to "happiness" when it is challenged, when it is earned?