“It’s always the same war. Only the names of the dead change. It’s always about one thing: which group of rich men get to divvy up the spoils. They call it ‘The Great War’—clever marketing.”
― The Atlantis Gene
― The Atlantis Gene
“One of the advantages to getting older, though: while you might not change all that much, you at least got to know yourself. The real you, minus the bullshit and wishful thinking.”
― The Breakers Series: Books 4-6
― The Breakers Series: Books 4-6
“Over the last week, if there's anything I've learned, it's that you're only who you choose to be. Every moment. The past is gone. Memories are no more solid than dreams. The only real thing, the only true thing, is the present. That's it.”
-- “So the things we've done don't count?”
“Of course they do. But we can decide how much. And we can decide what we want the present to be like. We can live it however we want.”
― The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes
-- “So the things we've done don't count?”
“Of course they do. But we can decide how much. And we can decide what we want the present to be like. We can live it however we want.”
― The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes
“Science lacks something very important that religion provides: a moral code. Survival of the fittest is a scientific fact, but it is a cruel ethic; the way of beasts, not a civilized society. Laws can only take us so far, and they must be based upon something—a shared moral code that rises from something. As that moral foundation recedes, so will society’s values.”
― The Atlantis Gene
― The Atlantis Gene
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