Quotes About Author

I've read Reverend Kirk, in fact. My uncle's library has quite a few books of your people. I have read Mr. Lang's fairy tales as well. (Katherine Rae O'Flaherty) "Books are not the same as reality," Devlin stared at her. "My world is not always kind to mortals.

The dangerous undertone that she'd heard in his voice earlier was nowhere to be heard now, but what was there instead—raw honesty—was even more tempting.

Never more in my life." He held out a hand again. "Rest now, Ani. Even potential murderesses need their sleep.

Malcolm MacDowylt, laird of the MacGahans, was one powerfully dangerous man.

Do my questions annoy you?" He glanced at her, his surprise evident. "No. I'm far too vain to object; I am my favorite topic.

Tar had a reason, plenty of reasons. The latest were painted on his face, too.

Thou art a monument without a tomb And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.

Come back you silly woman I need your credit cards.

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book. —Gloria Swanson

The overt sexual nature of the Goddess, juxtaposed to Her sacred divinity, so confused one scholar that he finally settled for the perplexing title, the Virgin-Harlot.

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.

My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.

Bemused, Hall ushered them into a conference room to get a better idea of what they hoped to learn.

There are only three generic human stories, considered in all their multifaceted dimensions: the love story, good versus evil, and the quest.

Theology does not come easily. Better put, faithful theology comes by grace or not at all, while idolatry comes quite naturally to those of us who make our bed east of Eden.

What is the heart of the story? What's the hook? What's the setting? What is the primary action that drives the story? What is the emotional core? What are the external conflicts (the world is coming to an end!) What are the internal conflicts (torn between two lovers) What is the driving emotional force? (revenge, love) Will they succeed? (introduce doubt)

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?

Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary.

On January 18, 1982 The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail was published in England.

between 1195 and 1220, Wolfram composed his epic romance Parzival, he conferred on the Templars a most exalted status.

The "treasure," he declared flatly, did not involve gold or precious stones. On the contrary, it consisted of "incontrovertible proof" that the Crucifixion was a fraud and that Jesus was alive as late as A.D. 45.

In 1146 the Templars adopted the famous splayed red cross—the cross pattée.

In 1099, immediately after the capture of Jerusalem, a group of anonymous figures convened in secret conclave.

You can't prove your conclusions.' This was another indictment levelled against us by interviewers and theological critics – as if we might have been expected to produce a sworn affidavit signed by Jesus himself, duly witnessed and duly notarised. Of course we couldn't 'prove' our conclusions. As we stressed repeatedly in the book itself, we were simply posing an hypothesis.