#aliens

We value the individual. We probably put too much emphasis on the individual, if it comes right down to it. How many people, in the abstract, would...let's say Paige....how many people would she sacrifice to keep Andy alive? The answer wouldn't make any sense if you were looking at the whole of humanity as equals. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#jeb #parasites #the-individual #equality

We lifted up and then bobbed. "Back! Pull it back!" (Christopher) "It's hard." (Kitty) "The ground is harder!" (Christopher) ↗

— Gini Koch

#humor #sci-fi #sci-fi

There was an electric buzzing sound that was constantly on, acting as background music like a million cicadas in the forest. A constant white noise. ↗

— Missy Lyons

#aliens #electronics #romance-novels #music

I saw my city gripped by fear. Because of violent acts committed by illegal aliens, my residents were afraid to shop - or even drive - on certain streets. ↗

— Lou Barletta

#afraid #because #certain #city #committed

After all these years, it's still amazing what Obama is allowed to get away with. He says low gas prices in 2009 were caused by a terrible economy, but then claims that the lower number of illegal aliens crossing the border is because of his border policies, not the same lousy economy. ↗

— Howie Carr

#allowed #amazing #away #because #border

In the state of Alabama we have a significant number of illegal aliens that are leaving our state as occurred in Arizona after they got tough on illegal aliens. ↗

— Mo Brooks

#alabama #arizona #got #illegal #illegal aliens

Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy of language my friend. Those who know each other only through symbolic representations are forced to imagine each other. And because their imagination is imperfect, they are often wrong. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#buggers #love #pequeninos #relationships #species

Do I really run like that?" (Kitty) "Yup," Martini confirmed. "Don't worry, I think it's sexy." "Thank God. I think I look like a cheetah on drugs. ↗

— Gini Koch

#humor #sci-fi #humor

Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed. ↗

— Stanisław Lem

#closed-mindedness #discovery #humanity #ignorance #mankind

What song would lull a snake into submission? "John Mayer?" "Over my dead body." "Could be, Tim, could be. ↗

— Gini Koch

#humor #sci-fi #humor