J. G. Ballard Quotes

The endless newsreel clips of nuclear explosions that we saw on TV in the 1960s (were) a powerful incitement to the psychotic imagination, sanctioning *everything*.

J. G. Ballard

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  J. G. Ballard
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  • Saws