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title: "2 Alien-encounter Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 2 Alien-encounter quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Alien-encounter sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I think it's a rule that it's socially acceptable to wet yourself when aliens enter your mind for the first time. If it wasn't already, it is now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-think-it-s-a-rule-that-it-s-socially-acceptable-to-wet-yourself/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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> [“You have to think if we've been visited by extraterrestrial life, it was like a zookeeper walking into the chimp enclosure: He looks around, takes some pictures, then leaves without interacting significantly with the environment. Meanwhile the chimps have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-richard-singleton/you-have-to-think-if-we-ve-been-visited-by-extraterrestrial-life-it/)

[J. Richard Singleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-richard-singleton/)

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