Douglas Preston Quotes

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A human being creates complexity by writing a novel on the surface of paper; a weather system creates complexity by writing waves on the surface of an ocean. What is the difference between the information carried in the words of a novel and the information carried on the waves of the sea? Listen, and the waves will speak, and someday, I tell you, you will write your thoughts on the surface of the sea.

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The Monster's crimes were so horrific that a mere man could not possibly have committed them. Satan, in the end, had to be invoked.

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He found Pendergast's cool gaze on him, and he fidgeted. He'd forgotten about those eyes. They made you feel like you had just been stripped of your secrets.

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Once again, we shall have to operate not only outside the box, but outside the room containing the box.

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Where are you from, Mr. Pendergast? Can't quite place the accent. New Orleans. What a coincidence! I went there for Mardi Gras once." How nice for you. I myself have never attended. Ludwig paused, the smile frozen on his face, wondering how to steer the conversation onto a more pertinent topic.

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One can reach the gates of hell just as easily by short steps as by large.

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We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.

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The mandalas were meant to be objects of contemplation, aids to meditation, their proportions magically balanced to purify and calm the mind. To stare at a mandala was to experience, if only briefly, the nothingness that is at the heart of enlightenment.

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