People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.

You all say you need us. Well, maybe you do, but not to help, with the millions of bubbly new minds about to be unleashed, with all the cities coming awake at last. Together, you're more than enough to change the world without us. So from now on, David and I are here to stand in your way. You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.

Maybe they didn't want you to realize that every civilization has its weakness. There's always one thing we depend on. And if someone takes it away all that's left is some story in a history class.

To everyone who loves a long-secret romance, revealed at last.

there was a beautiful princess with a prince kissing her lips only the prince was totally ugly

The man was allergic to sleep.

I'd watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was paranormal - against normal, not beside it. Locks didn't cure; they strangled.