Buried under an avalanche of wonder

"Whenever we encounter some truly novel phenomenon, one that reinvents the margins of our world, an old hankering is awakened. At such moments we are like explorers of an unknown dimension: everything appears fresh to our eyes, each idea seems unprecedented, virgin, strange. In the face of this newly made universe, we may be tempted to exclaim, 'It cannot be!,' yet our protests soon lie buried under an avalanche of wonder."
- Engraved plate at The Museum of Jurassic Technology in L.A.