Roy, letter to Celestial, pg. 303
Indeed microbes are everywhere. They live in the water of the deepest oceanic trenches and in the rocks below. They persist in belching hydrothermal vents, boiling springs, and Antarctic ice. They can even be found in clouds, where they act as seeds for rain and snow. They exist in astronomical numbers. Actually, they far exceed astronomical numbers: there are more bacteria in your gut than there are stars in our galaxy. p. 8.
The library always makes Mads feel like she's pulled off a big score, too. Pg. 100
He never realized it before, but burritos is the least romantic word there is.