The Veldt Quotes

“Let’s get out of the sun. This is a little too real. But I don’t see anything wrong.”

“Peter looked at his shoes. He never looked at his father any more, nor at his mother.”

“They walked down the hall of their soundproofed Happylife Home, which had cost them thirty thousand dollars installed, this house which clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang and was good to them.”

“You’ve let this room and this house replace you and your wife in your children’s affections. This room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents.”

“It seemed that, at a distance, for the past month, he had heard lions roaring, and smelled their strong odor seeping as far away as his study door. But, being busy, he had paid it no attention.”

“I sensed only that you had spoiled your children more than most. And now you’re letting them down in some way.”

“He knew the principle of the room exactly. You sent out your thoughts. Whatever you thought would appear.”