The Silver Dream Quotes

“Put succinctly, we were screwed.”
― Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves, The Silver Dream

“All we really know of the universe is what filters in through our senses, and that isn’t a whole lot. Take the electromagnetic spectrum. It includes virtually every ripple of energy that powers the cosmos, from the long, lazy radio waves we communicate with through microwaves that we cook with all the way up to X-rays and gamma rays, which pack enough punch into their wavelengths to outshine an entire galaxy. All that majesty, all that infinite variety of energy, and all we see is a narrow little slice of it: seven measly colors. It’s like being invited to a royal banquet and then only being allowed to pick the crumbs off one plate.”
― Michael Reaves, The Silver Dream

“(one of the fun things about being a scientist is being able to make up new words)”
― Michael Reaves, The Silver Dream

“And are you unquestionably certain your haecceity is defined by your moniker?”
― Michael Reaves, The Silver Dream

“My cheeks were burning like those of a squirrel hoarding jalapeños,”
― Michael Reaves, The Silver Dream

“The Old Man always said to learn everything you could, because you never knew when one little piece of information could be important.”
― Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves, The Silver Dream

“The In-Between somehow makes you feel grimy, like all those sights and sounds and sensations and smells have stuck to you, like you've been rolling around in a preschool art class's trash can.”
― Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves, The Silver Dream

“All that majesty, all that infinite variety of energy, and all we see is a narrow little slice of it: seven measly colors.”
― Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves, The Silver Dream

“haecceity”
― Michael Reaves, The Silver Dream