Daughter of the Deep

by Rick Riordan

How do you find a voice and power when society denies you those privileges? How do you fight injustice? Who gets to write the history books and decide who were the “good guys” and the “bad guys”? Nemo

the impossible is merely the possible for which we don’t yet know the science.”

This is how they wear you down: They just keep making the same “oopsie,” hoping that you’ll eventually get tired of calling them on it.

Eventually I would realize that being a straight shooter was just an extension of Gem’s personality. When he saw a target, he aimed and shot. He did not think about collateral damage.

How to make twenty freshmen hyperactive: 1. Give them access to an espresso machine. 2. Offer them a safe haven after seventy-two hours of running from death. 3. Feed them a home-cooked meal made by an orangutan. 4. Tell them that tomorrow, they will get to see a make-believe submarine from the 1800s that is actually not make-believe.

I get the feeling Luca is the type of guy who would cheerfully skip through a minefield and somehow come out unharmed on the other side, while Ophelia would tear her hair out and chide him for being careless.

I love this couple so much.

If Nemo spoke any language to his creation, I’m guessing he would have chosen the language he dreamed in.

periods are like General Douglas MacArthur in World War II: They shall return.

You gave us a purpose when we were falling apart. That’s not about your DNA. That’s about you.

I have trouble taking compliments. I tend to assume the other person is just trying to be nice or sparing my feelings. But Gem isn’t like that. He’s a straight shooter. And he’s just hit my body center mass with some praise I never expected.

I knew the beautiful blue void would kill me if I swam any deeper, but that’s exactly what I wanted to do.

No one advocates for the sensible thing. I love my crew.

Then again, our labels always depend on who’s doing the labeling. Patriot, freedom fighter, terrorist, thug.

all that glitters is not gold.

Babe that's a LOTR reference

I never realized how much of leadership is learning to sound confident when you’re actually terrified.

I believe that communication can solve any problem if the parties have the will and the intelligence to learn to understand each other.

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

I don’t know what Land Institute’s school motto is, but I want it to be This is why we can’t have nice things.

I wonder if this is what it means to be a leader, and if the doubts ever go away.

“I have married a brilliant man who is also an idiot,” she muses. “How is this possible?”

I will. Die for these two. Why do they make me so happy?