Michael

“But that tech also led to nuclear power, cancer treatments and long-range space exploration, right? Tech can be good and bad.”
― Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

“I'm just saying that people are complicated. Nemo was a different man by the time Harding and Pencroft met him: older, bitter, disillusioned. That's why he wanted his technology hidden away and guarded. HP was motivated by Nemo's caution - paranoia, even. So you've got two completely different schools, Land Institute and Harding-Pencroft, inspired by different sides of the same person.”
― Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

“I’ve heard “experts” say that autistic people have trouble with empathy, but sometimes I wonder if these experts have ever actually sat down and talked to autistic people.”
― Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep

“There are too many things we have to hope for. Right now, our supply of hope feels as limited as our food and water.”
― Rick Riordan, Daughter of the Deep