Status Updates From Invasion of the Body Snatchers

The piling up of distance, becomes in itself a calming thing.

We hate facing new facts or evidence, because we might have to revise our conceptions of what’s possible, and that’s always uncomfortable

The human animal won’t take a straight diet of any emotion: fear, happiness, horror, grief, or even contentment. It was queer; after the night we’d all spent, breakfast was fun. The sun helped; it streamed in through the open windows in the kitchen door, yellow, and warm and full of morning promise.

Did I notice this the first time round, that the main character went to see a movie and it was called Time and Again lol. The very book he was next to write. Complete with the premise and all. Body Snatchers 1955 and Time and Again 1970. Interesting.