Mercury Rises Quotes

“When all else fails, science comes up with a label, like “gravity” or “inertia” or “Asperger’s” and calls it a day.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Rises

“I seem to have fallen victim to the illusion, so common on the Mundane Plane, that committing facts to paper will somehow help me make sense of them.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Rises

“As if on cue, there was a scream from the boat. “Dad!” called a shrill voice from somewhere below deck. “Shem is trying to cut me with a carving knife again!” Noah turned back to the boat. “Shem!” he hollered, “What did I tell you about eating Ham?”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Rises

“No,” said Uzziel. “I didn’t OK the rain in Asia either.” “Hmm,” said Mercury. “But Africa, though. Surely—” “I most certainly did not bless the rains down in Africa!” growled Uzziel.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Rises

“The U.S. military feared no fighting force on earth, but even it was no match for the army of attorneys that served the Mouse.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Rises

“Jacob Slater had been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, a vaguely defined condition which, in the final analysis, meant that people gave him the heebie jeebies. He didn’t like crowds, and he liked smaller groups of people even less. One-on-one contact with a person he didn’t already know was roughly as painful for him as a third-degree sunburn.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Rises

“The Christians had then struck back with a decal of a larger fish, labeled “TRUTH,” eating the Darwin fish, which distilled Christianity to its core principle: the ultimate devouring of Science by the giant, horrific Jesus-fish.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Rises

“Shareholders,” murmured Eddie, the word echoing meaninglessly in his head. His brain had screeched to a halt in front of an earlier word in the sentence, and it now stood (in a figurative sense) stock still, with its eyes wide and its jaw open, staring at the word in awe. Lovely Wanda Kwan, the vaguely Asian-American publishing company representative, had uttered, through her lip gloss and perfect teeth, the one word that every writer secretly yearns to hear. That word is movie. “Ms. Kwan,” he began.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Rises

“Interagency cooperation was all well and good, but it was understood to be the sport of the aristocracy; rank-and-file workers like Jacob were expected to keep to their own kind.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Rises

“Chaos was spreading through the scene like germs at a preschool.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Rises