The Tempest Quotes

“French/American novelist Angela Anaïs Nin once said, “We don’t see things as they are. We see them as we are!”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“either a ghost or someone breaking into the house—only it isn’t. The chances are the house is creaking with the wind or a branch fell on the roof or your teen is sneaking in after a late-night party. The mundane is always far more likely”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“Florida.” “No”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“A whole lot,” the professor replies. “A million has six zeros, a billion nine, and a trillion twelve. A septenvigintillion has eighty-three zeros!”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“Feelings follow convictions. She may not feel like a leader, but she has no choice.”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“Contrary to popular belief, black holes are not celestial vacuum cleaners”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“Going to the stars didn’t create this mess, it amplified it.”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“First Contact is like a first date,”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“He’s got to stage-manage James and get that core back to the Sycorax.”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“If they’re to outwit these creatures, they need to know what drives them.”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“From your perspective, nothing existed before you were born. And it will all be gone when you die. Only it won’t. So why you?”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“Emma smiles at him. “The professor’s not the one in control here.”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“Hope! She is the only good god remaining among humanity; “The others have left and gone to Olympus. “Trust, a mighty god has fallen, “Restraint has fled from men, “And Grace, my friend, has abandoned Earth. “Men’s oaths are no longer to be trusted, “Nor does anyone revere the immortal gods; “The race of pious men has perished, “And men no longer recognize the rules of righteous conduct. “Hope is all that remains among the chaos brought by Pandora.”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“Are computers an extension of humans, or is it the other way around? Honestly, some days Marc feels it could go either way.”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“Traveling at the speed of light was akin to riding on a magic carpet.”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“Who knew there would be interstellar career opportunities in piss and shit?”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest

“A human being is a spatially and temporally limited piece of the whole, what we call the ‘Universe.’ He experiences himself and his feelings as separate from the rest, [but that’s] an optical illusion of his consciousness. —Albert Einstein”
― Peter Cawdron, The Tempest