Area X: Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance (Southern Reach #1-3)

by Jeff VanderMeer

It needed dulling to slow it down or to distance itself from the possibility of despair.

“Black holes and waves have a similar structure, you know? Very, very similar as it turns out. Who would’ve expected that?”

an object must allow itself to be analyzed, must agree to it. Even if this is just simply by way of some response, some reaction.”