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“Adolescence impelled her eyes to stay at an even keel, to deal with the ground before flickering to the heavens. Night became not dotted with fairy clouds of celestial brilliance, but simply the ti...”
“The stars were so simple when she was a kid, a smattering of glowing dust circling the Earth. She did not then know that each was a sun, most considerably more massive than the daylight one she knew.”
“The UFOs were explicable enough, just experimental aircrafts from the airport. Of course the government was not going to tell people what was actually going on. She would not be surprised if the go...”
“He relented to the kiss and gave of himself what she required, his lips parting in symmetry with hers until the moment of realization collapsed.”
“Were genuine aliens to find us the chances were fairly good they would appear in a form beyond reckoning, shaped by the requirements of their environment. It was only for the convenience of the cos...”
“She was not a vegetarian and knew firsthand animals had to die for her delectation, but she never liked to think about it.”
“The night sky made her feel infinite before she knew the word.”
“Disbelief is the strongest tool in our arsenal.”
“Take it with a whole shaker of salt, a grain won't be close to enough.”
“She wished she had eyes like her sister, huge and bright, constantly straddling the line between terrified child and ingnue.”
“You were abducted by space aliens. Of course you want egg rolls.”
“That these people are wandering around, looking for aliens to justify the emptiness inside them and let them feel special without effort, creeps me out.”
“If it took eons to get to the edge of one's galactic yard, she could not imagine the neighbors dropping by for a casual visit, especially since the heavenly houses were uninhabitable well into the ...”
“I know for a fact the first UFOs reported in modern times, just before the crash at Roswell, were boomerang shaped and were reported as 'flying saucers' to describe the motion of their flight, like...”
“But aliens? There are TV shows about them. There are books and movies and more. The media indoctrinates you to them until people are so desensitized they don't flinch at seeing aliens on TV or havi...”
“Once everyone thought you were crazy, they ignored you even when you told the truth.”
“Mythology was littered with people who meddled in the affairs of elves and fairies and were never again heard from.”
“All this electromagnetic pollution in the air from the Internet and cell phones, it cuts you off from God.”
“It was as though he had secrets, and he wanted you to know he would keep them for the pleasure of depriving you of their taste.”
“Summer flings always seemed amazing in movies, though that might be because the leading man did not ever call his romantic interest "dude.”
