"Critics have found in the narrative a veneer of erudition that cloaks nothing more than a James Bond-style romp, albeit a highly addictive one. His publisher has described it as 'a thriller for people who don't like thrillers'. One newspaper put it thus: 'It is terribly written, its characters are cardboard cutouts, the dialogue is excruciating in places and, a bit like a computer manual, everything is overstated and repeated - but it is impossible to put the bloody thing down."
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Dan Brown quotes (page 10 of 13)
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"Until man is nothing, God can make nothing of him. - Martin Luther"
"I'm a fan of the truth... even if it's painfully hard to accept."
"Because most Christians want it both ways. They want to be able to proudly declare they are believers in the Bible and yet simply ignore those parts they find too difficult or too inconvenient to believe."
"Robert wondered if any of Harvard's revered Egyptologists had ever knocked on the door of a pyramid and expected an answer."
"Mr. Langdon, I did not ask if you believe what man says about God. I asked if you believed in God. There is a difference. Holy scripture is stories...legends and history of man's quest to understand his own need for meaning. I am not asking you to pass judgment on literature. I am asking if you believe in God. When you lie out under the stars, do you sense the divine? Do you feel in your gut that you are staring up at the work of God's hands?"
"Substantiate or suffocate, Ms. Vetra. Mickey's ticking."
"There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window."
"This is systems security for the Central Intelligence Agency. We would like to know why you are attempting to hack one of our classified databases."
"From the Crusades, to the Inquisition, to American politics--the name of Jesus had been hijacked as an ally in all kinds of power struggles. Since the beginning of time, the ignorant had always screamed the loudest, herding the unsuspecting masses and forcing them to do their bidding. They defended their worldly desires by citing Scripture they did not understand. They celebrated their intolerance as proof of their convictions. Now, after all these years, mankind had finally managed to utterly erode everything that had once been so beautiful about Jesus."
"A little faith can do wonders."
"I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day."
"When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out."
"Darkness feeds on apathy."
"Nothing activates adrenaline production like pain. - Dr. Sienna Brooks"
"the strange ideas we derive today will one day be our celebrated truths"
"Everyone loves a conspiracy."
"If it wasn't painfully difficult, you did it wrong!"
"You can’t jump for the stars if your feet hurt."
"Don't spend...but mend yourself."