Ripple Quotes

“The greater the struggle, the greater the life.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“Every breakthrough came with a cost.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“out as reconnaissance and sabotage actions. This was including the destruction of foreign command posts and communications systems for foreign nuclear guidance programs. And much like the U.S. Special Forces, the Spetsnaz underwent exhaustive psychological and physical training, eventually being left to operate autonomously for days or weeks at a time. As they were now.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“Human nature changes when it must change, John Clay. Never sooner. And nothing will change it more than when the survival of an individual group is surpassed by the survival of one's entire species. When your entire human race is threatened with extinction, politics and fighting no longer matter.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“It was how all human history occurred.  Important events creating ripple effects through an unfathomably complex minefield of social and political consequences.  Ending with what could only be described as unexpected and unpredictable results.  Only to be recorded later, by thoughtful but biased individuals, as “history.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“A lot of men have died for this country.  Good men.  Men of integrity and loyalty.  And men that didn’t deserve to die for a lie.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“The element of surprise was the greatest advantage in any fight, and this time Popov’s men would need as much as they could get.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“whoever has the ability to do something…has the responsibility to do something.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“It would take a long time for Tay’s panic to subside.  He was trapped inside the ship.  But unlike Lightfoot, he was alive.  He was still alive, and more than that…Elgin Tay was an engineer.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“Tay retrieved a glimpse of himself making his way to the back of the drill, desperately trying to throw the giant motor into reverse.  And then the violent bucking of the drill, smashing into them. And finally, the massive surge of water sucking them toward the wall.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“we’ll need to be ready for the Russians wanting to know what the hell happened to their new submarine.  But for now, your first order of business is to come up with an explanation of why we have an oil rig burning in the middle of our new marine preserve.”  Carr looked at his watch.  “You have thirty minutes.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“President Carr exhaled.  “This is the best idea we have?” “This is the only idea,” Langford said.  “The ship cannot be moved, at least not now.  We need more time to get attention away from the area.  It would also provide a logical reason for us to have a research vessel permanently located there.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“The president shook his head.  “And what exactly would we be protecting?” “Turtles,” Miller answered.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“President Carr exhaled.  “This is the best idea we have?” “This is the only idea,” Langford said.  “The ship cannot be moved, at least not now.  We need more time to get attention away from the area.  It would also provide a logical reason for us to have a research vessel”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“There are hundreds of marine and coastal preserves already.  Each sitting president in the last twenty-five years has dedicated funds to increase that number.  You would be no different.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“That’s how you plan to hide this alien ship, in the ocean, by turning it into some kind of sanctuary?” “That’s right.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“After a few minutes, he raised his eyes and looked heavily at Langford and Miller.  “You’re joking.” “No, sir.” The president placed his hands on his desk.  “You’re actually serious.  A marine preserve?”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“All of these devices receiving and transmitting different signals and frequencies would make it easy for Will and Lee’s satellite link to be lost in the noise.  The frequencies would never interfere, and even if noticed, would likely be written off as residential bleed-over from a nearby cabin or motorhome. The perfect place to hide IMIS”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“Their biggest problem was connectivity––having a communication link to the system.  Even though Borger could bundle enough satellite links to make it work anywhere, the signal would still be traceable.  And relatively easily for someone with the right skills. This made Arecibo the perfect camouflage.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“Lee grinned.  “Hello, Mr. Diaz.” The guard smiled and closed the gap between them. “Good evening, Lee.”  The man embraced him and then looked past to the truck with Will Borger sitting in the driver’s seat.  “I was beginning to worry.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“The famed Arecibo Observatory was repurposed into a national research center in 1969 after being taken over by the National Science Foundation.  It relied not only on the uniqueness of Puerto Rico’s limestone sinkholes, but also the island’s proximity to the equator.  Not only did it hold the record of being the largest single-dish radio telescope on Earth for the last four decades, it also had the honor of producing some of the most historic radio-based observations in human history.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“Will focused instead on keeping the truck’s speed under ten miles per hour, reducing as much of the bouncing and shaking as he could.  The IMIS servers in the back were heavy, yet extremely sensitive to sudden jarring.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“Now that he was on western soil, his first priority was to locate the man known as Will Borger––the one to whom M0ngol himself had revealed Li Na’s location, aboard the Canadian container ship.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“So, a lot of the NSA’s data is not crackable,” Lee said. “But an awful lot of it is.” “And you want to know if IMIS can do it.” “No,” Borger replied.  “I want to know if IMIS can be taught to crack it.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“What a lot of people don’t know is that for years the NSA has been in the business of collecting everything on the internet.  Calls, text messages, emails, everything.  And they’ve been doing it for a long time.  Forty years almost.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“The reason I’m bringing this up is because of what you were able to do not too long ago, having your IMIS system decipher some of those old hieroglyphs.  The ones that helped us locate the first vault in Guyana.” “Right.  The Mayan symbols.” “So,” Borger continued, “what if there are more finds out there, still hidden?  And we just haven’t found them yet.  And what if other discoveries were written down by people or cultures that were here a long time ago?” “I hadn’t thought of that.” Borger motioned toward the back of the truck.  “And if there are, maybe this computer system of yours can find them.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“Human nature changes when it must change, John Clay.  Never sooner.  And nothing will change it more than when the survival of an individual group is surpassed by the survival of one’s entire species.  When your entire human race is threatened with extinction, politics and fighting no longer matter.  Another lesson we were forced to learn, as you say, the difficult way.” “How did you get here?  To Earth?” “With great struggle,” Ronin answered.  “We are told that our scientists succeeded in creating portals shortly before the event.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“But dolphins had just as complex a synaptic network and their brain sizes were even bigger.  Much bigger!  In fact, studies had suggested that brain intelligence was also associated with the amount of “folding” in a brain’s cerebral cortex.  A theory strongly supported by the study of the unusually increased folding of Albert Einstein’s brain.  And it was well-established that the only species on Earth to have a cortex more folded than humans was dolphins.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“How do you learn, Sally?” From heads. “You mean your elders.” Yes. Many heads. Many teaches. Alison grinned.  “So have we.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple

“That kind of retraction would take more humility than she could even imagine.  All to protect a secret, resting on the bottom of the ocean.”
― Michael C. Grumley, Ripple