Quotes About Perigee

FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit.

Criminal Minds, Bad Moon on the Rise: "It is the very error of the moon; she comes more nearer earth than she was wont, and makes men mad."

During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal - which in fact it was, because it was nature.