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Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2) QUOTES

Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2) QUOTES

1 " You were made for a particular purpose, but you can be anything you want. Anything, including that. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

2 " You will not die of pain, but you will never get used to it. Pain is unique in that it does not show habituation or neural adaptation, like smell, or touch. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

3 " We’re not the greatest thing in the universe, certainly not the smartest. Seems logical there’d be a great many things in it we can’t comprehend. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

4 " I came to realize that good and evil were out of my reach, that time was the only thing I had any control over. I could buy time, create intervals. I could not truly make the world a better place, but I could make part of it a better place for a short while. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

5 " I’ve crossed that line we’re not supposed to cross. I died. And I’m still here. I cheated death. I took away God’s power.
I killed God and I feel empty inside. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

6 " The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

7 " Scientists are like children: They always want to know everything, they all ask too many questions, and they never follow orders to the letter. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

8 " While I am reasonably confident you are not “the chosen one,” you are without doubt one who has been chosen. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

9 " I may believe in God, but I’m at war with Him. I’m a scientist, I try to answer questions, one at a time, so there’s a little less room for Him as the answer. I plant my flag, and inch by inch, I take away His kingdom. It’s odd, but none of this has ever occurred to me before. I never even saw a real contradiction between science and religion. I see it now, I see it clear as day. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

10 " Vincent: "Rose, we can't fight this guy."
Rose: "Can you..."
Vincent: "Kara, what are you doing?"
Rose: "What's going on?"
Vincent: "Kara's... engaging in diplomacy."
Rose: "She's what?"
Vincent: "She's giving him the finger. Very mature, Kara! "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

11 " If I grab a bunch of matter, anywhere, and I organize it in exactly the same way, I get…you. You, my friend, are a very complex, awe-inspiring configuration of matter. What you’re made of isn’t really important. Everything in the universe is made of the same thing. You’re a configuration. Your essence, as you call it, is information. It doesn’t matter where the material comes from. Do you think it matters when it comes from? "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

12 " —Well, I’m sorry the apocalypse isn’t convenient for you. Now go to bed. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

13 " Go home and tell your family you love them. Tell them ten times, a hundred times. Do it while you can. And if we somehow survive this, keep doing it. In the end, it’s all that really matters. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

14 " The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

15 " Believing you’re the only person with their head on straight is usually not a sign of good mental health. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

16 " I don’t think either of us will get to grow old, especially if we’re together. The only question is: Do I wanna die young with anyone else? "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

17 " I may believe in God, but I'm at war with him. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

18 " Parents feel a great deal of responsibility for the way their children turn out, but there is very little a parent can do that will remotely rival the influence a friend or lover can have. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

19 " Well, you, Rose Franklin, are made of the exact same stuff as the Pillars of Creation. No more. No less. That’s how special and insignificant you are. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

20 " Luck is believing you’re lucky. "

― Sylvain Neuvel , Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)