Sean M. Carroll

If our local, observable universe is embedded in a larger structure, a multiverse, then there's other places in this larger structure that have denizens in them that call their local environs the universe. And conditions in those other places could be very different. Or they could be pretty similar to what we have here.

American Scientist

William Boyd

Even though I've been an avid consumer of contemporary music since my early teens, the world of rock music has always been at something of a distance - I listen to it, read about it, I talk about it, but I've had little or no contact with its denizens.

British Novelist

Vikas Swarup

It is in the genes of cities to bounce back from disasters - whether natural or man made. The denizens of suburbia have no choice but to survive and move on. But it is the manner in which different cities respond to emergencies that sets them apart.

Indian Novelist

Natasha Trethewey

When I was growing up there, North Gulfport was referred to as 'Little Vietnam' because of the perception of crime and depravity within its borders - as if its denizens were simply a congregation of the downtrodden.

American Poet

Jeff Sessions

The elite denizens of Washington and Wall Street scorn and mock the good and decent people of this country for wanting their laws enforced and their communities protected.

American Politician

Mike Love

Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.

American Musician

Use 'denizen' to imply a natural belonging to a place, reflecting familiarity and permanence.

Native Connection

'Denizen' often describes animals and plants typical or unique to a region.

Local Flora and Fauna

Use 'denizen' metaphorically to describe someone well suited to their surroundings or role.

Metaphorically Speaking

In legal contexts, especially historical, 'denizen' refers specifically to a status granted by a government.

Legal Specificity

'Denizen' in legal sense implies a person has certain rights non-citizens generally don't have.

Rights Granted

'Denizen' in its legal-meaning is archaic and not commonly used in modern legal documents.

Historical Context

 We are evolved denizens of Middle World, and that limits what we are capable of imagining. We find it intuitively easy to grasp ideas like, when a rabbit moves at the sort of medium velocity at which rabbits and other Middle World objects move, and hits another Middle World object like a rock, it knocks itself out.

Why the universe seems...

 life is often hidden of course there are common creatures bighorn sheep that live up in the mountains coyotes snakes spiders and other desert denizens they all have one thing in common the ability to sniff out water in a place that looks

"The Land That God Had...

 distribution and it is detectable not just in the amino acids now you could ask well what about these variants they're variants being the denizens of this computer world where they are perfectly happy replicating and growing