Memorable Quotes from Richard Garland
2 quotesCrab Monsters and the Absorption of Minds
Dr. Karl Weigand
Any matter, therefore, that the crab eats will be assimilated in its body as solid energy, becoming part of the crab.
Martha Hunter
Like the bodies of the dead men?
Dr. Karl Weigand
Yes - and their brain tissue, which, after all, is nothing more than a storage house for electrical impulses.
Dale Drewer
That means that the crab can eat his victim's brain, absorbing his mind intact and working.
Dr. Karl Weigand
It's as good a theory as any other to explain what's happened.
Martha Hunter
But, Doctor, that theory doesn't explain why Jules and Carson's minds have turned against us.
Dale Drewer
Preservation of the species. Once they were men; now they are land crabs.
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Discussion of Life and Death Concepts
Hank Chapman
What does it mean, Doctor?
Dr. Karl Weigand
He is dead.
Dale Drewer
But he spoke, Carl.
Hank Chapman
Is this supposed to be a ghost story?:
Dr. Karl Weigand
No. No, I do not believe in ghosts. We are dealing with a man who is dead, but whose voice and memory live. How this can be I do not know, but its implications are far more terrible than any ghost could ever be.
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