Emma

“Oregon welcomed me like a beloved child, enfolded me in her cool arms, shushed my turbulent thoughts, and promised peace through her whispering pines. ”
― Colleen Houck

“Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar stairs with vexatious phlegm.”
― Emily Bronte

“When you take away verisimilitude, you do not automatically find the veridical but, perhaps, the implausible.”
― Jean Baudrillard

“Even if alien visitors did decide to drop by this utterly insignificant little blue-green planet, no self-respecting extraterrestrial would ever pick my hometown of Beaverton, Oregon—aka Yawnsville, USA—as their point of first contact. Not unless their plan was to destroy our civilization by wiping out our least interesting locales first.”
― Ernest Cline, Armada