Abel’s Reviews > Jurassic Park > Status Update

"It was just a dawn.
The air was warm and humid, the sky soft pink and purple. A white mist clung low to the ground. Some distance away, they saw the mother triceratop and the baby moving way..." Pg. 253

"The system is not intended to ever shut down. So, if it does shut down, it assumes that there is a problem somewhere. It requires you to start up everything manually." -Dr. Henry Wu pg. 257

"Living systems are not like mechanical systems. Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they're not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse." -John Arnold pg. 246

"I finally found the command to restore the original code. The command called 'fini.obj' resets the linked parameters, namely the fence and the power." -John Arnold pg. 238

"How else should I be doing, with a compound fracture of the leg that is likely septic and beginning to smell, ah, pungent? But I always say, if you can't keep a sense of humor..." -Ian Malcolm pg. 241

"You going into the woods?"
"Yes. I think we can navigate by the numbers on the motion sensors." -Alan Grant pg. 232

"...he couldn't remember exactly where they are, but he remembered they were scattered all around the park. There might be buildings somewhere nearby." Pg. 234

"There it is. It's not an object. It's a command." -Dr. Henry Wu pg. 230

"...what better person to get them safely through Jurassic Park than a dinosaur expert?" Pg. 231

"Inexperienced people imagined horrific proofs of an animal attacks--... But the truth was, there was usually nothing at all..." Pg. 222

"It could only have been after the attack. The kid must have been in this car, after the attack." -Robert Muldoon pg. 224

“John’s frequently got a problem. You know how engineers are. They want everything to go by the book.” -Dr. Gerald Harding pg. 217

“Checking the code.” -John Arnold
“By inspection? They’ll take forever.” -Henry Wu
“Tell me. Tell me.” -Arnold pg. 219

"It's playing with him." -Alan Grant thought pg. 216

"Where had everybody gone?" -Tim Murphy pg. 207

"The result was clear: all breeding dinosaurs incorporated rana, or frog, DNA." Pg. 209

"You have a problem, Dennis." -Dennis Nedry pg. 194

"The pain grew worse, and as he was lifted to his feet he knew the dinosaur had his head in its jaws, and the horror of that realization was followed by a final wish, that it would all be ended soon." Pg. 196