The Secret History Of Twin Peaks Quotes
"Mystery is the most essential ingredient of life, for it creates wonder and leads to curiosity."
"Mysteries are the stories we tell ourselves to contend with life’s resistance to our longing for answers."
"Mythology precedes our access to historical or scientific fact, fulfilling much the same function for earlier civilizations."
"If I saw a ten-story building flying through the air I would never say a word about it."
"I’ll never go into the air again without a camera!"
"If Mr. Arnold can write a report of the character that he did while not having seen the objects that he claimed he saw, it is the opinion of the interviewer that Mr. Arnold is in the wrong business."
"The possibility that my thoughts or mind in some peculiar way was being controlled or dictated to do this, or that some external force could have caused this to happen would seem perfectly preposterous to anyone who had not experienced what I had just experienced."
"I elected not to say anything to anyone until I had some logical reason within my mind to explain how I could do such a ridiculous thing."
"Mysteries are as much a part of nature as sunrises."
"The hoarding and withholding of 'secret' knowledge is the trademark of covert societies and governments."
"Our minds are wired by nature to detect patterns."
"Regarding the UFO phenomenon, this conflict was about to be enacted within the U. S. government and military."
"The battle continues to this day, and the flow of information--in any 'free' society--depends on the outcome."
"Once you open the top on this thing, the genie won’t get back in the bottle."
"Scientific objectivity is one of our most deeply held, and crippling, illusions."
"Knowing it pumped enough fuel to keep the pilot light on that torch burning for years."
"They both realize they’ve never been out of love."
"A secret’s only a secret as long as you keep it. Once you tell someone it loses all its power--for good or ill--like that, it’s just another piece of information."
"A real mystery can’t be solved, not completely. It’s always just out of reach, like a light around the corner."
"The truth can be seen. Directly. The question is, are you willing to accept what it tells you?"
"We are creatures of darkness and light, capable of barbarism and limitless cruelty, and also love, and laughter and the creation of the most sublime beauty."
"Life is but a dream from which we seem able to only rarely awaken. Whatever it means is beyond words."
"Respect for the unknown. We all know what we know. Most fear or ignore what they don’t."
"Actions have consequences. Whatever happens from here, whatever the 'squares' decide about my professional fate, if I can survive this ordeal, find the strength to dig my way out of it, I make this vow: No more lies. Only truth."
"Mysteries, in and of themselves, are a dime a dozen. Their real value lies in their ability to create within us wonder and curiosity."
"The approach of night sent a chill through me, but I couldn’t move. We sat in silence. Somewhere an owl hooted from a treetop."
"I feverishly set to work at the LPA, preparing our elaborate 'mayday' protocols."
"Greatly relieved, I asked Sheriff Truman to have Agent Cooper contact me at my home."
"Only moments ago, while writing the previous passage, Cooper called, as I had requested."
"The world of Doug Milford is like a hall of mirrors."