The Atlantis World Quotes

“You must see the darkness to appreciate the light.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“In our pursuit for the ultimate knowledge, the technologies we created eventually enslaved us, taking the last of our humanity before we even knew it was slipping away.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“While the world around him was changing, Ares was staying the same. He was truly a relic, a man out of time and out of touch. There were no battles left for him to fight, no great campaign, no reason to exist.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“Sonja!” David called around the hall. “Switch with me.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“What idea?” “I’ll be back.” “Wake me up in an hour,” David called to her as she left. There was no way she would wake him up in an hour. He needed rest. If Kate was right, he would need to be at the very top of his game.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“He jerked the man into the dark corridor, and they set out again. Dorian was glad to be out of the humid, freakish place with the snakes and flying invisible birds, and who knew what else. He wanted to barricade the entrance, ensuring that nothing made it out, but there was no time.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“if you want to build a better world, you must first have the courage to destroy the world that exists.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“David had spent the last fourteen days, while Kate was away, learning how to operate the ship’s systems. He was still learning them. Kate had enabled the voice command routines to help with any commands David couldn’t figure out. “Alpha, what is Dr. Warner’s location?” David asked. The disembodied computer voice of the Alpha Lander boomed into the small room. “That information is classified.” “Why?” “You are not a senior member of the research staff.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“What’s wrong?” Kate asked. “Nothing… that’s just my soul collapsing like a neutron star,” Mary said. Kate thought the comparison was a little dramatic. “Why”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“They had truly sacrificed for each other, laid it all on the line when the stakes were highest. That was the definition of love. At”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“except for a thin ring of yellow and orange fire peeking around its edges like a solar eclipse. The great”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“higher ground.” Mary grabbed her laptop bag. “Leave it, Mary.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“Stop talking. You’re making everyone who can hear you dumber.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“There’s nothing left to do. No. It wasn’t entirely true. She was waiting for him. His bed was empty, but the house wasn’t. He could already smell breakfast cooking. He crept down the stairs, careful not to wake his”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“In our pursuit for the ultimate knowledge, the technologies we created eventually enslaved us, taking the last of our humanity before we even knew it was slipping away. Our”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“Dorian raced to the edge of the rock cliff and followed the noise with the scope of his rifle. A door. An exit—David’s team had blown it open. Dorian watched that team, which actually numbered six people—none of whom Dorian had ever seen except Kate, crawl up and out.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“The speed of light. It’s the universal constant. It never changes, no matter where you are.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“He believed that a person’s drop could be the poison or the cure for the ails of the age—that age simply being the thin layer of water on the surface for a brief instant. Milo wasn’t a fighter, a leader, or a genius. He looked around at his companions, seeing all of those qualities. But he could help them. He had a role to play. He was sure of it.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“Seeing the world that, as a child, he had once thought so unimaginably vast, nearly limitless in size, reduced to a tiny ball, floating there, swallowed by the immensity of the universe, reminded Milo of how small he was, how minute a single life was—just”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“Sometimes there’s nothing left to do but enjoy the time you have left. There’s nothing wrong with that.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“Kate wondered what part of the male brain prioritized movie scene storage above all other details in life.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“Methods beyond your comprehension. In our pursuit for the ultimate knowledge, the technologies we created eventually enslaved us, taking the last of our humanity before we even knew it was slipping away.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“David hadn’t considered that there would be a post-op period. This was the first time a loved one had been operated on by an ancient Atlantean ship. He would have to do a blog post about it afterward—for everyone out there who might go through the same thing. His grin widened.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“This was the dark side of the human reality: with no conflict, no challenge, the fire within winks out and without the flame, society stagnates, slipping into a slow decline.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“The avatar had advocated a simple existence, living by a shared code. Ares imagined that on those worlds, every citizen was an intellectual and a laborer, and every life was respected. They had it right.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“David had spent the last fourteen days, while Kate was away, learning how to operate the ship’s systems. He was still learning them. Kate had enabled the voice command routines to help with any commands David couldn’t figure out.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“Kate wondered what part of the male brain prioritized movie scene storage above all other details in life. Maybe the answer was in the Atlantean research database somewhere. It was all she could do not to launch a query for the answer.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“Perseus.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“A serpent eating itself.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“You know how to use that?” she whispered. He shrugged. “Not really. You?” “Not really.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World