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61 " These animals are not disputed but “hidden.” It is an optimistic mission statement. It would be quixotic to seek gremlins that exist no further than storybooks. Bigfoot exists, along with Nessie and the Jersey Devil. Their formal discovery will happen tomorrow, or next week at the latest, and won’t you feel silly when they are? "
― Thomm Quackenbush , Holidays with Bigfoot
62 " With museums, I am at best stealing creative yeasts with which to make my strange pastries later. This is why we call it culture. "
63 " Fern Canyon smelled primeval, of the aerosol of waterfalls and the green earthiness of moss soft enough to trick naïve travelers into taking off their boots and sandals, unaware of the smooth rocks slick with river slime. The fallen trees served as handrails for people following their bliss by almost breaking their tailbones. "
64 " A sign alerted that we had better remove anything valuable from the car because it would be stolen. Not "might." Would. Did the beach keep thieves on staff to assure the sign wasn't a lie? "
65 " We crossed the famed Golden Gate Bridge, which you may know best from the opening credits of Full House, and also every bit of visual media that wanted to make clear that it takes place in San Francisco. The dense fog shrouding it cleared once we reached the other side. “Thickly fogged,” not California, may be the bridge's native state. "
66 " Any relationship beyond acquaintanceship is composed of one to three qualities: passion, intimacy, and commitment. Simple friendship has one: intimacy. You can have other friends and you do not feel passionately about one another, or we are dealing with another animal. Most romantic relationships begin with a dollop of passion, often to the exclusion of anything else. The person in your arms is the best in the world, though you barely know him or her. You have never felt this way. Any gaps or deficits are temporarily puttied over by passion. When most people envision romantic love, this is where they stop. Romantic comedies but only rarely deal with washing your lover's dishes because they must be up early for work. No one wants to see the mundane when they can flip the channel to a desperate, emotionally-stunted frottage. The passion of infatuation triggers the release of addictive chemicals. We would rather get another hit than cope with the relative dullness of intimacy and commitment. "
67 " On an appropriated quilt on the lawn gazing into the infinite, I wanted to say something profound but could not shape any observation that didn’t ring trite. These moments are given to silence or jokes to fend off the minuteness one feels if one understands the slightest thing about astronomical distances. "
68 " Science is the language God speaks. The better we know how things work, the closer we are to the divine. "
69 " To her, a car was like a submarine. One could be safe from the supernatural within a steel frame and tempered glass, but it was the monster’s world out there. "
70 " A few hours remained until sunset, though time is never enough in the city. Even the quality of sunlight was alien, defused in the reflection of monoliths that would outshine primitive idols. "
71 " I wanted to author her story before she had the chance to live it all. I expected she kept her history from those who could not charm it out of her beneath bed sheets or starry skies. "
72 " When one thinks of a romantic weekend, one imagines ax murder. Usually avoiding it, but tastes vary. "
73 " Dawn through the window woke me. I placed an extra pillow over my face to block it. When Amber woke, she panicked that the ghost children were smothering me. She was not going to stop the ghost children, but she was going to observe and record. Even at the expense of my life, she figured I would rather have been a part of the paranormal, particularly if it made for an entertaining story at her murder trial. "