Memorable Quotes from Margaret Field
3 quotesEncountering the Mysterious Face Beyond Glass
Enid Elliot
When I got close to it, it looked like a giant glass ball girdled with something like a steel belt. Three of them, I think. When I got close enough to look in - there it was.
Professor Elliot
It? What?
Enid Elliot
That face! Right on the other side of the glass looking right into mine! I was terrified!
Professor Elliot
A face? A human face?
Enid Elliot
A ghastly caricature like something distorted by pressure. I can't think how else to describe it - a horrible, grotesque face looking right into my eyes!
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The Uncertain Nature of Encounters with Aliens
Enid Elliot
You know, I think that creature was friendly. I wonder what would have happened if... if Dr. Mears hadn't frightened him.
John Lawrence
Who knows? Perhaps the greatest curse ever to befall the world, or perhaps the greatest blessing.
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The Burden of Knowledge and Fear
Enid Elliot
Is it true that no one will ever know what happened here?
John Lawrence
Knowledge would only bring more fear in a world already filled with it.
Enid Elliot
Can such a thing be kept a secret?
John Lawrence
No. No, but it can be reduced to gossip.
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