Quotes from Steve Berry

I can only write new words at my desk, the one I've owned for 25 years. When we moved to our new house I designed my office around it. I've written everything I've ever written at this desk.

History serves as a model not only of who and what we are to be, we learn what to champion and what to avoid.

If all my friends jumped off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them. I'd be at the bottom, hoping to catch them.

A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational and economic legacies - all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.

Everyday decision-making around the world is constantly based on what came before us.

I love all of my children equally, all of my printed books, and each one bears a special piece of me. But the one I'm most proud of is the one no one will ever see - the very first manuscript I ever wrote, back in 1990. It took me a year to do it.

And what of failure?"He shrugged."The consequence of not succeesing.Remember what Homer said.Circumstances rule men, not men circumstances.

What's that old saying? You can't outrun the radio ?

you don't need a parachute to skydive. You need a parachute to skydive twice.

nothing takes the place of persistence.

It is true that the world has changed, but in many ways it remains the same as seventy years ago. Hate still exists. Bigotry can be manipulated . The masses are gullible . - Schub

time, which was one commodity that money could not buy.

More access to information meant more dissent, more informed discussion, more widespread criticism of authority. Information changed the world.

if you were faced with something that appeared impossible, it just meant you were not looking at all of the possibilities.

Kill them all.  God will know his own.

Let the past bury its dead.  Easier said than done.

debating with the devil had never been productive for anyone.

time was indeed the best teacher. Trouble was, eventually it killed all of its students.

Especially the call for a 28th Amendment. Alex had long been a proponent of changing the Constitution to ensure that every federal statute also applied equally to members of Congress. He'd hated how the legislative branch liked to exempt itself from laws imposed on everyone else, elevating Congress into some sort of ruling class.

Words are indeed the true weapons of mass destruction.

None of us should judge anyone, only ourselves. Life is not infinite. A set time defines us all—then, just as the bones in the ossuary showed, to dust we return.

It is not necessary to believe in God to be a good person. In a way, the traditional notion of God is outdated. One can be spiritual, but not religious. It is not necessary to go to church and give money. For many, nature can be a church. Some of the best people in history did not believe in God, while some of the worst deeds were done in his name. —POPE FRANCIS I

Democracy thrived on a clash of ideas, a tolerance of viewpoints, and robust debate.

Politics is a powerful drug.