Why should the worm intrude the maiden bud? — Worms

": How many senses do worms have? : They have two: smell and touch. Why? : So, they live without any ability to see or even know about light, right? The notion of light to them is unimaginable. : Yeah. : But we humans, we know that light exists—all around them, right on top of them, they cannot sense it. But with a little mutation, they do. Right? : Correct. : So, Doctor Eye, perhaps some humans, rare humans, have mutated to have another sense—a spirit sense—and can perceive a world that is right on top of us, everywhere, just like the light on these worms."

"The generations of the worm Know not your loads piled on their soil; Their knotted ganglions shall wax firm Till your strong flagstones heave and toil."

"As I was led to keep in my study during many months worms in pots filled with earth, I became interested in them, and wished to learn how far they acted consciously, and how much mental power they displayed."

"The Body of B. Franklin, Printer, ... Lies here, Food for Worms."

"Once youve had worm, its what youll yearn!"

"I would not enter on my list of friends, (Tho gracd with polishd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm."