Top 100 James Rollins Quotes
#1. He wrote that it would take only a handful of super-enhanced individuals - those with a superior intelligence - to change the world through their creativity and discoveries, innovations that could be shared globally.
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#2. to the right collapsed, further burying the former
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#3. Throughout history, knowledge rises and falls, ebbs and flows. What once was known is forgotten again, lost in time, sometimes for centuries, only to be rediscovered ages later.
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#4. ...the world is full of ghosts .... And the longer you live, the more haunted you become.... the ghosts are there to remind us that we still live, that we still have hearts that beat, flesh that burns, lungs that gasp for air.... Never forget that ..... or those deaths have no meaning.
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#5. If this valley is indeed cursed," Atherton continued, "there's the source. The Muslims named this set of ruins Mao Balegh, which means Cursed City.
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#6. EPIGRAPH And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
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#7. When it came to explosives and radios, bad things sometimes happened to good engineers.
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#8. Never trust those who would be your shield. They feed on your ignorance and darkness. It is best to look at things directly and be unafraid.
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#9. Better to head off into the unknown than stay here, where death was most certain
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#10. A war is coming, a battle that will stretch from the prehistoric forests of the ancient past to the cutting-edge research labs of today, all to reveal a true mystery buried deep within our DNA, a mystery that will leave readers changed forever .
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#11. Gray imagined Kat scolding her husband in an operatic duet that has been going on between husbands and wives for ages, that eternal mix of exasperation and love.
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#12. Silence fueled anxieties, gave them their true power. Expressing them aloud was a way of releasing that tension, of letting go, if only for a brief time.
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#14. Shrapnel and a wave of sand struck the side like a bitch-slap from God Himself.
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#15. A stunner ... reminds me of Tom Clancy at his finest.
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#16. He knew he probably sounded like an idiot to the scholars, but sometimes an idiot's perspective ended up getting more things done.
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#18. Everyone was just trying to find a way to be happy, to feel fulfilled. The manner in which they searched for that state differed wildly, but the prize remained the same.
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#19. might not be the brightest bulb in the box, but
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#20. The warmth of the bourbon still glowed deep within her, helping her find her center. How could something so simple have brought her so much relief? But Safia sensed it wasn't truly the alcohol so much as the kindness. She had forgotten what that was like. It had been too long. Not since ... not
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#21. With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block.
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#22. The woman with the horned helmet - who had to be of Viking descent - spoke.
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#23. Remember, child, life is not a straight line. It cycles.
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#24. It is a tradition among our desert tribes. A man may borrow what he needs. Stealing is crime.
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#27. They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. - Hosea 9:9
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#28. thousand years ago the average life expectancy of mankind was only twenty-five years. It took another nine hundred years to extend that to thirty-seven. Today the average is seventy-eight. So, in the past hundred years, we more than doubled life expectancy. That
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#29. Still, she eyed the pair. She knew better than to underestimate an opponent. Defeat lay along that path. There could be strengths to this pair that bore watching.
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#30. I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or a page or two.
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#31. And she realized that things in books could be wrong.
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#32. Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.
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#34. It is high time Americans grew accustomed to our traditions.
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#35. I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include in the novel, and before I know, I've wasted an entire morning delving into that subject matter without a word written.
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#37. Look, Mom." He pointed to a desk in the corner of his room. "A real Pentium II. Not one of those slowpoke clones.
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#38. Society is a destructive illusion of control, nothing more. And
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#39. The accumulation of grief over one lifetime is more then one heart can bear."Robert explained."Only the heartless could withstand more.Or the very young,those too naive to truly understand loss.
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#40. Our journey is about faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Not the proving of such things.
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#41. Books are keys that open many doors
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#42. They all knew borders no longer divided the world so much as ideologies.
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#44. The richest harvest comes from best-tilled soil.
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#45. Despite his image as a bloody tyrant, Genghis was also forward thinking. His empire had the first international postal system, invented the concept of diplomatic immunity, and even allowed women in its councils. But more importantly, the Mongols were also unprecedented in their religious tolerance.
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#46. The only one disappointed by the ease of entry was the team's explosives and demolitions expert. "Aw, man," Kowalski groused. "I was all set to blow some crap up.
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#47. Few people know that, by canon law, each and every Catholic altar must contain a holy relic.
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#49. Are you sure, Gray?'
He lifted his eyes. 'No ... I'm not. I'm not sure of a damn thing.' He slipped his hands free of the monsignor's and peeled the battery off the phone, cutting the last ring in half. 'But that doesn't mean I won't act.
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#50. She handed him her gun. "Down," she ordered. "Shoot anybody that comes into view." "What about you?" "No, don't shoot me." "I mean where are you going?
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#51. We must savor every moment given us," she stressed. "We know not where this journey ends so we must wring each scrap of joy out of it while it lasts.
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#52. Whiskey is for drinkin', water is for fightin'." She frowned. "Mark Twain," he said.
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#53. In the real world, few plans proceeded as planned. For a mission to succeed, a plan had to be liquid, capable of changing at a moment's notice.
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#54. Two historical figures play prominent roles in this book: a pair of priests who lived centuries apart but who were tied together by fate. During the seventeenth century, Father Athanasius Kircher was known as the Leonardo da Vinci of the Jesuit Order.
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#55. Most major Christian groups - Catholics, Byzantines, Nestorians, Jacobites - believe Mary's father was a man named Joachim. But this is contested. The Koran claims she descended from a highly respected family, that of Imran. As does the Jewish faith.
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#56. That's the beauty of the universe. There's always a new mystery.
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#57. The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically.
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#58. I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write.
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#59. Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors.
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#60. Linda tousled his hair. "What about us girls?"
Jason blushed. "You know what I meant."
"I know." Linda leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks."
Jason turned an uncomfortable shade of purple.
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#61. The others had hurriedly shoved all the supplies from the SUV into the Eurovan, then drove the SUV over a steep slope. Painter feared Cassandra would track them with its GPS feature, just as he had.
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#63. A soldier picked up the still-living girl and carried her to the barren fireplace.
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#64. When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they're more likely to trip.
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#65. If it's worth doing, I guess it's worth overdoing.
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#66. So we're damned if we do and damned if we don't." She shrugged. "That pretty much sums up quantum physics.
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#67. Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves.
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#68. Tesla once stated, instinct is something which transcends knowledge. "Anton,
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#71. I remember the Inquisition, when pain in service to the church was raised to an art form.
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#72. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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#73. When mankind pushes, natures sometimes pushes back
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#74. Often-times it's madness, not genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible and, in so doing, prove the impossible possible!
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#75. According to Native American legends, dogs with different-colored eyes could see both heaven and earth.
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#76. He counted his steps. That was how you got through tough things. You counted. Once you said, "one," then you knew "two" was coming, and "three" right after that.
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#77. The past is the past. It's now up to us to sustain our own culture. We only lose what we fail to nurture.
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#78. Research today has become more about seeing if something can be done versus judging if it should. It's knowledge for the sake of knowledge, regardless of the impact on the world.
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#79. We need religion, government, and laws to force a level of control over our baser natures. I intend to strip away the disease that is intelligence, to rip away the deception that allows humanity to believe itself mightier and more deserving of this planet.
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#80. Andy Harp's RETRIBUTION is a stunner: a blow to the gut and shot of adrenaline. Here is a novel written with authentic authority and bears shocking relevance to the dangers of today. It reminds me of Tom Clancy at his finest. Put this novel on your must-read list-anything by Harp is now on mine.
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#81. The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time to start. I picked up the book How to Write a Novel in 90 Days. The author said to just write three pages a day, and I figured, I can do this. I never got past Page 3 of that book.
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#82. Biblical references about knowledge and good and evil often get tangled up.
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#83. I read anything I could get my hands on: science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers. I even became hooked on the Bantam reprints of the old pulp novels from thirties and forties: Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Avenger.
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#85. As to the strangest claim in the novel: that only 10 percent of the cells in our body are human (and the rest are bacteria and parasites). This is true! There is a wonderful book exploring this topic that is as horrific as it is humorous, Human Wildlife by Dr. Robert Buckman.
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#86. Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family ... what my mother called 'The Liar.'
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#88. They wanted them to look like the Gods.
God doesn't look like this.
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#89. Judas paused at the edge of the Venetian ballroom, letting the colors swirl in front of him. Crimson reds, deepest golds, indigos that matched the evening sea, blacks that ate the light, and the pearly radiance of bare shoulders. Nowhere did the women dress as brightly, and display
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#90. The space between the next two buildings was crowded with four torn bodies, limbs shredded from torsos, intestines strewn like party streamers. Suddenly one of the torsos jerked into the darkened alley beyond, dragged by something hidden in shadow.
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#91. Bitter thoughts swept through him. That face had been called many names over the centuries, worn many identities. But after two millennia he had returned to the one his mother had given him. Judas Iscariot.
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#92. It was the monster of all winged dinosaurs, the pteranodon.
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#93. Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald.
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#94. Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.
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#95. Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.
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#96. It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door.
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#97. The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. - ALBERT EINSTEIN
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#98. Hermetic principle often associated with the Knights Templar: As above, so below.
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#99. There are a thousand paths into the future, forks after forks in the road ahead. Who knows, if one road closes, maybe another opens in another universe . . . and your soul, your consciousness, leaps over to continue that journey ever forward, always finding the right path.
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#100. We must each humbly bow to our own destinies.
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