Quotes from Dan Brown

A Igreja não devia ter permissão pra nos dizer o que pensar

I don't believe that the same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect—" "—intended us to forgo their use?

the realization that the mind's ability to affect the physical world could be

You should not have run.

finances are even stranger. Funded

Manly P. Hall: If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.

Around their necks hung ceremonial jewels that glistened like

museum's Grand Gallery. He lunged for the nearest painting he could see, a Caravaggio. Grabbing

And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? —NIETZSCHE

Fate was a cruel and unpredictable mistress

men held powerful stations in life, and yet the initiate knew their worldly

Langdon felt a chill. This killer is here for both of us.

Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery. He lunged for the nearest painting he could see, a Caravaggio. Grabbing the gilded frame, the seventy-six-year-old man heaved the masterpiece toward himself until it tore from the wall and Saunière collapsed backward

We don't have only so much to share. Our hearts create love as we need it.

Churchill. Langdon needed a moment to realize she was referring to none other than Winston Churchill himself, the celebrated British statesman who, in addition to being a military hero, historian, orator, and Nobel Prize–winning author, was an artist of remarkable talent. Langdon now recalled Edmond quoting the British prime minister once in response to a comment someone made about religious people hating him: You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something!

Natural light does wonders," Beña replied. "As does the presence of people.

When you're a black woman, her mother said, ain't no hiding what you are. Day you try, is the day you die. Stand tall, smile bright, and let 'em wonder what secret's making you laugh.

He had also forgotten that iron brands, just like rubber stamps, never looked like their imprints. They were in reverse. Langdon had been looking at the brand's negative.

It talked about the isolation felt by gifted young people whose social skills could not keep up with their intellects and who were often ostracized.

And history has proven repeatedly that lunatics will rise to power again and again on tidal waves of aggressive nationalism and intolerance, even in places where it seems utterly incomprehensible." The

He turned now to his left

Nothing left to chance.

Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor along with

There are no straight lines in nature, Gaudí was once quoted as saying