“Crossing my fingers and going out into the middle of the desert and hoping it worked out”

“In this environment everyone was freely sharing resources, freely sharing networks. And that’s really rare.”

“There are so many things that are happening at once in this topic, in London, in the world...”

“A lot of these people just wanted to share their story, and be seen, and know someone cared.”

“They use them to advertise: Anything with water would have Poseidon in it.”

“It’s not the most pleasant sensation to get hit with a flipper”

“I just remember being like, ‘This is so crazy.’ I never would have ever considered doing this or being here.”

“It was kind of like a crash course of how to be accepting and observant of others.”

"Whenever you’re in an environment of people that are so talented and motivated—you just have no choice but to rise to their level."

“I always tell my students in Zoology, ‘This class is really hard, and you’re gonna love it!’ and they actually do, most of them.”

We can talk about things in such an open and honest way, and I think that honestly makes all of us get into that habit in our other organizations on campus, or in class—just being more willing to be

“When you can create inclusive spaces, you really start to understand the experiences your students are having.”

“I really get to be engaged in community, at Hendrix or more broadly, while still doing these things that I want to do in terms of my program of research.”

“We’re kind of like ‘the people on the ground’ now, and I think that’s sort of awesome.”

“Meow Wolf is not just another Instagram trap where influencers can go to take a flood of selfies to post to their Instagram feed.”

“That’s how we knew we did something right: when the students were so invested that they said, ‘No, people die in this interactive novel. It’s not a game.’”

“It just opened my eyes to viewing life differently, I guess—through someone else’s eyes.”

“If you’re thinking to yourself, ‘That sounds like a hot mess,’ you would be correct.”

“It’s such a cool feeling to have this relationship with your professors outside of the classroom, having gone through this experience with them, and remembering the times when we were in Costa Rica.”

“I said to her, ‘Don’t you want to be a famous anthropologist who learns about how the microbiome is related to friendships?’ and she said, ‘No.’”