"Change is still resented on the Plains, so much so much so that many small-town people cling to the dangerous notion that while the world outside may change drastically, their town does not...... when..."
- Kathleen Norris
"By the time a town is 75 or 100 years old, it may be filled with those who have come to idealize their isolation. Often these are people who never left at all, or fled back to the safety of the town a..."
"More than ever, I've come to see conspiracy theories as the refuge of those who have lost their natural curiosity to cope with change."