Dan Brown

Romans often joked that Americans had gotten so abundant in Rome that hamburgers should become the official Italian food.

The secret is how to die.

Since the beginning of time, the secret had always been how to die

As Rémy took the phone, he knew this poor, twisted monk had no idea what fate awaited him now that he had served his purpose.

The Teacher used you, Silas.

And your bishop is a pawn.

The Church may no longer employ crusaders to slaughter non-believers, but their influence is no less persuasive.

The blade and chalice.

Fused as one.

The Star of David... the perfect union of male and female... Solomon's Seal... marking the Holy of Holies, where the male and female deities— Yahweh and Shekinah— were thought to dwell.

“Progress” was Mother Earth’s ultimate malignancy.

academic astonishment had somehow vetoed prudence.

Having faith requires leaps of faith,

Terrorism is not an expression of rage. Terrorism is a political weapon. Remove a government’s façade of infallibility, and you remove its people’s faith.”

‘There is a power so organized, so subtle, so complete, so pervasive, that none had better speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.’