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21 " Knowledge that can be imparted loudly and with passion always lasts longer than knowledge that has to be whispered. "
― Mira Grant , Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)
22 " Seafood has less of an ecological impact, and pigs are smart," said Tory. "You shouldn't eat anything that knows how to play fetch. It's rude. "
23 " Good," said Olivia. She paused before asking, "May I have a hug, please? I don't want to impose. But I very much want a hug right now. "
24 " She was a surface creature where surface creatures had no business being, and it delighted her. "
25 " Asking scientists not to look into an open box was like asking cats not to saunter through an open door. It simply wasn't practical. "
26 " The trouble with discovery is that it goes two ways. For you to find something, that thing must also find you. "
27 " We forgot about them, but they never forgot about us. They always knew that somewhere out there they had competition, strange and soft and walking on two legs and defenseless in the water. Most of all, they never forgot that we were delicious. "
28 " Science was all about curiosity. It was a world where the kids who touched hot stoves and poked sticks down mysterious holes in their backyards could get better tools, protective gear, and bigger holes to poke at. Asking scientists not to look into an open box was like asking cats not to saunter through an open door. It simply wasn’t practical. "
29 " Every person on this vessel was a story in the process of telling itself, and all of them were fascinating, and all of them deserved to be heard. "
30 " Everything comes back to someone. If Lani shoots a man, is that on us? Is it on our parents? How far back do we follow the consequences of free will?” “Until the guilt goes away.” “Then we’re going all the way back to the apple every single time. Do you really want that kind of responsibility? "
31 " When someone kills an American citizen, we don’t say, ‘Oh well, we killed one of theirs last week; we’re calling it even,’” she said. “We declare war. We sweep civilizations off the face of the globe. They won’t care that they started it. They’re only going to care who finishes it, and to be honest, I’m not sure it’s going to be us. "
32 " Global climate change had been impacting the world's oceans since the early 1980s, although most people hadn't noticed the transformation until the mid-2010s, when the reduced surface temperatures, increased ferocity of storms, and seemingly endless blooms of toxic algae had become severe enough to make headline news. As the glaciers melted, they dumped their runoff into the deep currents that warmed much of the world. The sudden freshwater influx lowered the ocean's temperature and overall salinity even as temperatures on land continued to climb. Fish were dying. Whales and other large sea mammals were changing their ancient migration patterns, following the food into waters where they had never been seen before. Sharks were doing the same, sending scientists into tizzies and panicking the public. "
33 " No offense, hon, but you flirt like it’s a form of espionage and you’ll be executed if you get caught. "
34 " I’m sorry. I may have been misreading the signals. I thought … I sort of thought you’d been flirting with me. I didn’t say anything because I wanted to be sure, and because I wanted—I wanted to prove the mermaids were down there. I wanted to do it for Anne. I felt like I had to do that much for her, after all the promises I made her, before I did something for me.” “No, I meant … What did you say?” Olivia shook her head. “I don’t always understand … I mean, signals are hard. Especially about something like this. People don’t say what they mean. They say things that live in the same neighborhood as what they mean, and then they look at me like I’m stupid because I don’t pick it up instantly. I’m not stupid. I’m just not that specific kind of smart. "
35 " Daryl was convinced that the word for a group of scientists ought to be a blackout, because that was what the fuckers seemed determined to cause. "
36 " Nothing is worth the risk of being lost at sea. "
37 " secondary lungs, not to let them breathe better, but to filter "
38 " She twisted her wrists to the sides, trying to "
39 " She opened the door farther, tense, waiting for the moment when all hell broke loose. Hell seemed content to stay bound, at least for the moment. "
40 " If she could keep them in line long enough, continue to smile and flatter and exchange pleasantries for another few circuits around the ship, they would follow her into Hell itself. That was a good thing. With the way this night was unfolding, Hell itself wasn't far away. "