Quote by Charles Stross

“What I invaded has invaded me.”

— Denise Levertov

“Names are not of nearly as much import as people like to suppose.”

— Erin Morgenstern

“Was he invading? Was he in my room? I called it mine.”

— Margaret Atwood

“One alien is a curiosity, two are an invasion.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The names expose the namer more than they limn what's caught the eye.”

— Tim Lilburn

“We always assumed the aliens would have to at least be alive to invade. Not even H.G. Wells expected an invasion of ghosts.”

— Stephen King

“To talk about something is the first step toward invading it.”

— David Burr Gerrard

“Well, that narrowed down the list of suspects. To the whole world.”

— Kim Harrington

“Alien Affairs. Bad name I always thought, makes it sound like they're shagging them rather than investigating them.”

— Peter F. Hamilton

“Some of us are Outlaws, and some Trespassers upon the very World.”

— Thomas Pynchon

“People don't always need a name.”

— Edward Averett

“They gave me a name and alienated me from myself.”

— Clarice Lispector