Quotes from Dan Brown

Uneori nu e nevoie decat de o foarte usoara schimbare de perspectiva pentru a percepe ceva familiar intr-o lumina cu totul noua.

We are creators, and yet we naively play the role of 'the created.' We see ourselves as helpless sheep buffeted around by the God who made us. We kneel like frightened children, begging for help, for forgiveness, for good luck. But once we realize that we are truly created in the Creator's image, we will start to understand that we, too, must be Creators. When we understand this fact, the doors will burst wide open for human potential.

Overhead, the bluish glass roof shimmered in the afternoon sun, casting rays of geometric patterns in the air and giving the room a sense of grandeur. Angular shadows fell like veins across the white tiles walls and down to the marble floors.

The savageness of the cancer was rivaled only by the brutality of the chemotherapy. She was left a ravaged skeleton.

A medida que el viejo funicular ascendía lentamente la pendiente vertiginosa, Edmond Kirsch contemplaba la cumbre irregular de la montaña.

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. We must seize every opportunity to show kindness and to love fully.

en un embudo subterráneo de sufrimiento; un desolador paisaje de fuego, azufre, aguas residuales, monstruos y el mismísimo Satán en su centro. En

In your world of classical art, pieces are revered for the artist's skill of execution—that is, how deftly he places the brush to canvas or the chisel to stone. In modern art, however, masterpieces are often more about the idea than the execution.

Ernesto gritted his teeth. New Yorkers, he wagered. They want what they want. The only reason their Red Bulls soccer team was having any success on the world stage was that they'd pilfered one of Europe's best coaches.

Az elménk néha olyasmit láttat velünk, amit a szívünk igaznak szeretne hinni.

Christians like faces; Muslims like words.

Hot?rârile trecutului sunt arhitecÅ£i ai prezentului.

Human intellect has always evolved by rejecting outdated information in favor of new truths. This is how the species has evolved. In Darwinian terms, a religion that ignores scientific facts and refuses to change its beliefs is like a fish stranded in a slowly drying pond and refusing to flip to deeper water because it doesn't want to believe its world has changed.

the human mind has the ability to elevate an obvious fiction to the status of a divine fact, and then feel emboldened to kill in its name.

Langdon shook his head. "No, and I seriously doubt I'm the kind of man who could ever have a religious experience." Vittoria slipped off her robe. "You've never been to bed with a yoga master, have you?

HASTA AQUÍ LLEGARÁS Y NO PASARÁS

Suntem noi învechiÈ›i? Sunt oamenii aceÈ™tia niÈ™te dinozauri? Sau eu? Mai are lumea cu adev?rat nevoie de un glas care s? ia partea celor s?raci, slabi È™i oprimaÈ›i ori a copiilor înc? nen?scuÈ›i? Avem într-adev?r nevoie de suflete ca acestea care, deÈ™i imperfecte, îÈ™i petrec întreaga via?? implorându-ne pe fiecare dintre noi s? nu ne pierdem jaloanele de moralitate È™i s? nu ne r?t?cim?

por cada locura de los padres, los hijos cometen otra de igual magnitud, pero en el sentido opuesto.

Cineva trebuie s? duc? acest r?zboi, altfel, ?sta-i viitorul nostru. Matematica îl garanteaz?. Omenirea se complace acum într-un purgatoriu al nehot?rârii, al procastin?rii È™i al l?comiei personale... dar cercurile iadului aÈ™teapt? imediat sub picioarele noastre, gata s? ne înghit? pe toÈ›i.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,' " Julián said, reciting the timeless aphorism from grade school.

TIME IS A RIVER . . . AND BOOKS ARE BOATS. MANY VOLUMES START DOWN THAT STREAM, ONLY TO BE WRECKED AND LOST BEYOND RECALL IN ITS SANDS. ONLY A FEW, A VERY FEW, ENDURE THE TESTINGS OF TIME AND LIVE TO BLESS THE AGES FOLLOWING. There

God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is no

It's a negative for the country. It implicates dozens of private companies, many of which are made up of honest people. It besmirches the office of the U.S. Senate and is bad for the country's morale. Dishonest politicians hurt all politicians. Americans need to trust their leaders. This would be an ugly investigation

And if you have any doubts," Peter added, "Corinthians overtly tells us that the parables have two layers of meaning: 'milk for babes and meat for men'—where the milk is a watered-down reading for infantile minds, and the meat is the true message, accessible only to mature minds.