In a nutshell-I fear authority but at the same time I resent it-the authority and my own fear. So I rebel.
Philip K. DickYou're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to.
Philip K. DickIn a sense, the better you adapt to school the less your chances are of later adapting to the actual world. So I figure, the worse you adapt to school, the better you will be able to handle reality when you finally manage to get loose at last from school, if that ever happens. But I guess I have what in the military they call a 'poor attitude,' which means 'shape up or ship out.' I always elected to ship out.
Philip K. Dick