The stalactite coast

“The middle part of Maine, all the way from Bar Harbor to Portland, hangs down like stalactites that drip little islands into the Atlantic. It's divided by rivers and harbors with cozy names that sound like brands of bubble bath or places boats sink in folk songs.”

― Linda Holmes (born 1970), an American author, cultural critic and podcaster

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“Portland could have been any city. Port Clyde was too uncluttered to be anything else. There is a reason Stephen King sets his stories in little Maine towns. They are too quiet to be believed wholly savory.”

―From Holidays With Bigfoot, by Thomm Quackenbush (born 1980), American author of horror, epic fantasy and contemporary fantasy.