The mad scientist was once only a creature of gothic romance;

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• Only the half-mad are wholly alive. --
  Edward...
• The world is wide and beautiful. But almost everywhere,
  everywhere, the children are dying. -- Edward...
• It's alive! Oh, that fellow at Radio Shack said I was mad.
  Well, who's mad now! [laughs diabolically] -- Mad...
• We need wilderness because we are wild animals. --
  Edward...
• You know the romance is not as warm as once it was
  when he leaves the motor running as he drops off his...
• When the writer has done his best, he then should proceed to do his second best.
  Edward...
• Ah, to be a buzzard now that spring is here! --
  Edward...
• The earth is real. Only a fool, milking his cow, denies the cow's reality.
  Edward...
• Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.
  Edward...