Quotes About Mystery

The third board popped off. The opening was now big enough to squeeze through. The dogs in town were barking hysterically.

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He could now see inside the sneaker. It was filled with something, a pulpy red-pink with a shard of pure white projecting up from the middle. Ward froze, his mind not quite able to process what he was staring at.

An accident is only a puzzle piece that hasn't yet found its place in the picture. A good detective collects all 'accidents,' no matter how insignificant.

Launches the reader into a story of science and ancient mystery that will blow your mind: [From New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston]

If this sounds like strange talk from a scientist—so be it. If there is one thing I have learned from a lifetime study of science, it is that the world is not a place we human beings will ever comprehend. Understand, yes; comprehend, no.

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It seems that a civilization-wide catastrophe involving the "death" of all these cities occurred at approximately the same time, around 1500—the time of the Spanish conquest. Yet the Spanish never conquered the region; they never explored or even penetrated these remote jungles.

We planned to enter the ruins the following day. What would we find? I couldn't even begin to imagine it.

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I'm afraid so," said Pendergast. "The body, it appears, has been buttered and sugared.

But I also know this anomaly is something you won't let drop until you get to the bottom of it.

Have you ever read The Hollow Man, by John Dickson Carr?

Humboldt Kill dive.

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She wondered how a guy like Drayton could generate a turnout this big and enthusiastic. There was something about him a certain type of person loved, it seemed. She just couldn't see it.

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Encuentre al hombre que hizo esto," she said

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Lieutenant D'Agosta

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