“These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time." Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail.""I was referring to the Bible."Faukman cringed. "I knew that.”
―
Dan Brown,
The Da Vinci Code
“To say she was my girlfriend was absurd: no one the wrong side of thirty has a girlfriend… I suppose I ought to have realize it’s ominous that forty thousand years of human language had failed to produce a word for our relationship.” ― Robert Harris, The Ghost
“To be brave, by definition, one has first to be afraid.” ― Robert Harris, Pompeii
“William Shakespeare: 'Close up this din of hateful decay, decomposition of your witches' plot! You thieve my brains, consider me your toy, my doting doctor tells me I am not!' Lilith: No! Words of power! William Shakespeare: 'Foul Carrionite specters, cease your show, between the points... ' [he looks to The Doctor for help] The Doctor: 761390! William Shakespeare: '761390! Banished like a tinker's cuss, I say to thee... ' [he again looks to The Doctor] The Doctor: Uh... [he looks to Martha] Martha Jones: Expelliarmus! The Doctor: Expelliarmus! William Shakespeare: 'Expelliarmus!' The Doctor: Good old JK!” ― Gareth Roberts
“Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s too big, the desk’s too small, there’s too much noise, there’s too much quiet, it’s too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start.” ― Robert Harris, The Ghost
“O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
“Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.” ― Robert Harris, Imperium
“Cicero smiled at us. 'The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one's spirit by worrying about them too far in advance. Especially tonight.” ― Robert Harris, Imperium
“What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was based on reason” ― Robert Harris, Pompeii
“A police state is a country run by criminals” ― Robert Harris, Fatherland
“People perish. Books are immortal.” ― Robert Harris, Pompeii
“But only a fool sails into combat with nature” ― Robert Harris, Pompeii
“People will perish, but books are immortal. (Pompeii)” ― Robert Harris
“...it has always been my temperament to prefer a tiny amount of the excellent to a plenitude of the mediocre...” ― Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy
“Men mistook measurement for understanding. And they always had to put themselves at the center of everything. That was their greatest conceit. The earth is becoming warmer-it must be our fault! The mountain is destroying us-we have not propitiated the gods! It rains too much, it rains too little-a comfort to think that these things are somehow connected to our behavior, that if only we lived a little better, a little more frugally, our virtue would be rewarded. But here was nature, sweeping toward him-unknowable, all-conquering, indifferent-and he saw in her fires the futility of human pretensions.” ― Robert Harris, Pompeii
“A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody book that’s ever been written.” ― Robert Harris, The Ghost
“By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question.” ― Robert Harris, Enigma
“But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.” ― Robert Harris, Archangel
“You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election.” ― Robert Harris, Imperium
“To say she was my girlfriend was absurd: no one the wrong side of thirty has a girlfriend… I suppose I ought to have realize it’s ominous that forty thousand years of human language had failed to produce a word for our relationship.” ― Robert Harris, The Ghost
“To be brave, by definition, one has first to be afraid.” ― Robert Harris, Pompeii
“William Shakespeare: 'Close up this din of hateful decay, decomposition of your witches' plot! You thieve my brains, consider me your toy, my doting doctor tells me I am not!' Lilith: No! Words of power! William Shakespeare: 'Foul Carrionite specters, cease your show, between the points... ' [he looks to The Doctor for help] The Doctor: 761390! William Shakespeare: '761390! Banished like a tinker's cuss, I say to thee... ' [he again looks to The Doctor] The Doctor: Uh... [he looks to Martha] Martha Jones: Expelliarmus! The Doctor: Expelliarmus! William Shakespeare: 'Expelliarmus!' The Doctor: Good old JK!” ― Gareth Roberts
“Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s too big, the desk’s too small, there’s too much noise, there’s too much quiet, it’s too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start.” ― Robert Harris, The Ghost
“O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
“Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.” ― Robert Harris, Imperium
“Cicero smiled at us. 'The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one's spirit by worrying about them too far in advance. Especially tonight.” ― Robert Harris, Imperium
“What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was based on reason” ― Robert Harris, Pompeii
“A police state is a country run by criminals” ― Robert Harris, Fatherland
“People perish. Books are immortal.” ― Robert Harris, Pompeii
“But only a fool sails into combat with nature” ― Robert Harris, Pompeii
“People will perish, but books are immortal. (Pompeii)” ― Robert Harris
“...it has always been my temperament to prefer a tiny amount of the excellent to a plenitude of the mediocre...” ― Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy
“Men mistook measurement for understanding. And they always had to put themselves at the center of everything. That was their greatest conceit. The earth is becoming warmer-it must be our fault! The mountain is destroying us-we have not propitiated the gods! It rains too much, it rains too little-a comfort to think that these things are somehow connected to our behavior, that if only we lived a little better, a little more frugally, our virtue would be rewarded. But here was nature, sweeping toward him-unknowable, all-conquering, indifferent-and he saw in her fires the futility of human pretensions.” ― Robert Harris, Pompeii
“A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody book that’s ever been written.” ― Robert Harris, The Ghost
“By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question.” ― Robert Harris, Enigma
“But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.” ― Robert Harris, Archangel
“You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election.” ― Robert Harris, Imperium
