Laughter at the Academy Quotes

“There were realities the human mind was never meant to withstand, pressures it was never meant to survive. Knowledge is like the sea. Go too deep, and the crushing weight of it could kill you.”
― Seanan McGuire, Laughter at the Academy

“I also believe that the modern world’s disdain for quarantine and willingness to support structures which encourage its violation is going to do a great deal of damage one day…and that with new diseases emerging regularly from a variety of sources, that day may not be particularly far in the future.”
― Seanan McGuire, Laughter at the Academy

“You had years of medical knowledge behind you, scores of experts beside you, and still you chose to run like dumb animals, useless and panicked, to infect the world that you were so sure existed to obey you.”
― Seanan McGuire, Laughter at the Academy

“Please stop using the time distortion field to age your cheese. It is an inappropriate use of scientific resources, and anyway, you can’t start with Velveeta and expect to get anything decent out the other end.”
― Seanan McGuire, Laughter at the Academy

“He was a poster child for science as a force for good…at least until the tentacles started bursting from the windows.”
― Seanan McGuire, Laughter at the Academy

“Jenny would have been fine if she’d been wearing her seatbelt, instead of twisted around rummaging through the back seat. I guess I should hate the car for taking her away from me, but I like being able to get to school, and Jenny always loved the Bertone.”
― Seanan McGuire, Laughter at the Academy

“His whole life seemed to matter a great deal. Her whole life didn't seem to matter at all. It was too much. It was too much. It had to stop.”
― Seanan McGuire, Laughter at the Academy