" Most people never think beyond their birth. But if I had contented myself with everyone else's opinions of me, I wouldn't be the man I am today. People like us make our own destinies, Gwenwhyfar—and to the waves with the naysayers who oppose us. "

― Jennifer McKeithen , Atlantis: On the Tides of Destiny (Atlantis: The Antediluvian Chronicles, # 2)