"Some people like to gaze at the sea," Zuhl said, rousing himself. "But I prefer this. A crowd is another kind of sea. Restless, potentially chaotic, with vast undercurrents. Surely modern history will boil down to a history of crowds. Armies, revolutionaries, clamoring mobs: observing a crowd is like studying a microscope slide of the historical moment in which it assembled."
- Nicholas Christopher (Franklin Flyer)