" My future was in the hands of someone who didn't understand basic trigonometry. What if he got the angle wrong? Misjudged the timing? How could I trust someone who didn't understand the geometry of a right triangle?
This seat belt was strapped across my chest at a right angle. The branches and the car and the cliff--all angles. This was a goddamn real-world application. "

― Megan Miranda , The Safest Lies