I found this quote in a notebook that I kept from 2000. It is taken from a National Geographic article on Great White sharks written by Peter Benchley (author of Jaws). I liked the quote then, and I like it even more now:


"We're not just afraid of predators; we're transfixed by them, prone to weave stories and fables and chatter endlessly about them, because fascination creates preparedness, survival. In a deeply tribal sense, we love our monsters."

--E.O. Wilson
Harvard Sociobiologist