Quotes from Dan Brown

Man's morality was not advancing as fast as man's science. Mankind was not spiritually evolved enough for the powers he possessed. We have never created a weapon we have not used!

worst kind of loneliness in the world is the isolation that comes from being misunderstood. It can make people lose their grasp on reality.

Widespread acceptance of an idea is not proof if its validity. -Robert Langdon

I'm a fan of the truth, she replied forcefully, even if it's painfully hard to accept.

Oh, this faithless world! Someone must deliver them. You. If not you, who? You have been saved for a reason. Show them the old demons. Remind them of their fear. Apathy is death. Without darkness, there is no light. Without evil, there is no good. Make them choose. Dark or light. Where is the fear? Where are the heroes? If not now, when?

Death is only a byproduct of terrorism.

The human body is amazing, she said. If you deprive it of one sensory input, the other senses take over, almost instantly.

The measure of your faith is the measure of the pain you can endure.

If a hippo ever wants to fight, just walk away.

Wealth is commonplace but wisdom is rare. I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster.

Outside the window, a bank of clouds appeared on the horizon, inching slowly across the sky, finally slipping across the Moon and blocking out its radiant light. As he clicked off his overhead light, he turned his eyes one last time to the heavens. Outside, in the newly fallen darkness, the world had been transformed. The sky had become a glistening tapestry of stars.

Anything is possible when people believe in a cause.

Without Wax...

how can it be that the modern human mind is capable of precise logical analysis, and yet simultaneously permits us to accept religious beliefs that should crumble beneath even the slightest rational scrutiny?

Memento mori," the monarch whispered. "Remember death. Even for those who wield great power, life is brief. There is only one way to triumph over death, and that is by making our lives masterpieces.

Nothing is impossible. Impossible just takes a bit longer.

RELIGION: BECAUSE THINKING IS HARD.

The Secret is how to die. Since the beginning of time, the secret has always been how to die.

Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors.

Love is a private thing; the world does not need to know every detail.

It seemed Eve's bite from the apple of knowledge was a debt women were doomed to pay for eternity.

The woman dashed up the staircase toward the library's main doors. Arriving at the top of the stairs, she grabbed the handle and tried desperately to open each of the three giant doors. The library's closed, lady. But the woman didn't seem to care. She seized one of the heavy ring-shaped handles, heaved it backward, and let it fall with a loud crash against the door. Then she did it again. And again. And again. Wow, the homeless man thought, she must really need a book.

never disperse your focus unless absolutely necessary. Face one adversary at a time.

Despite Langdon's six-foot frame and athletic build, Anderson saw none of the cold, hardened edge he expected from a man famous for surviving an explosion at the Vatican and a manhunt in Paris. This guy eluded the French police…in loafers? He looked more like someone Anderson would expect to find hearthside in some Ivy League library reading Dostoyevsky.