Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

by Sylvain Neuvel

I killed God and I feel empty inside.

“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.”

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

—If I have, in any way, willingly or not, led you to believe I was remotely interested in your opinion of me, it was my mistake. It will not happen again.

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