The Rosetta Man Quotes

“He was glad his feet were staying beneath him, but they were collecting a lot of the blood he needed for his brain.”
― Claire McCague, The Rosetta Man

“He pushed himself up off the cot. It worked very well, his feet stayed at the bottom of his legs and everything.”
― Claire McCague, The Rosetta Man

“You have to know everything about squirrels. Because they know everything about you.” — Bill Alder, Outwitting Squirrels”
― Claire McCague, The Rosetta Man

“How many people in the group?” “Too many. Not enough,” Bomani shrugged. “It’s like a three-headed dog trying to decide where to piss.”
― Claire McCague, The Rosetta Man

“The waetapu became so responsive that they could help the trees in basic ways, bringing water, clearing soil for seedlings, using their free movement to deliver messages,” Estlin continued.”
― Claire McCague, The Rosetta Man

“I can’t believe this,” Estlin said, watching an airman secure the container. Sergeant Malone took a seat across the aisle. “You asked for it.”
― Claire McCague, The Rosetta Man

“resembling a nod as much as a head shake.”
― Claire McCague, The Rosetta Man

“I have asked them why they are here, but not how they are what they are,” Estlin said, his pupils dark and wide. “It begins with their fingers. Not all intelligent species have opposable thumbs.”
― Claire McCague, The Rosetta Man

“There are signals to the muscles and signals from them, signals from the skin, from the eyes and the ears, constantly repeating and changing. How can they connect? It is incredible, to know what small pulse is the vibration of this machine, what pulse is a word you are thinking of, and what pulse is your memory of the sky that you could not see but thought of as we flew. How can they receive and deliver with clarity through the density of such subtle things?”
― Claire McCague, The Rosetta Man

“The symbols were given to him to maintain and manipulate. They were so detailed he could barely manage it — he knew he wasn’t managing it. The difference between a rectangle and a dictionary, he thought.”
― Claire McCague, The Rosetta Man