Brimstone Quotes

“He found Pendergast's cool gaze on him, and he fidgeted. He'd forgotten about those eyes. They made you feel like you had just been stripped of your secrets.”
― Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Brimstone

“Sleep is an unfortunate biological requirement that both wastes time and leaves one vulnerable.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“The twentieth century showed us the evil face of physics. This century will show us the evil face of biology.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“While dead men tell no tales, their corpses often speak volumes.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Those who can’t do, teach, and those who can’t teach, critique.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“When a man’s ambitious, it’s called drive. When a woman’s ambitious, it’s careerism and she’s a bitch.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“There is more in the world than is dreamt of in your philosophy, Doctor - or in the Merck Manual.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“A moment later, two eyes appeared in the glowing rectangle, gazing in with curiosity, perhaps even anxiety. Two eyes: one hazel, one blue.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“What was that he smelled burning? All of a sudden the count went rigid. His jaws clamped together involuntarily, grinding with such force his teeth chipped and split.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Delighted.” Pendergast briefly shook the proffered hand. “Forgive me for not arriving earlier. I fear I took a wrong turn. This building is most confusing.” The Federal Building? Most confusing? Pendergast was a fed himself, he had to have an office in here somewhere. Didn’t he? It occurred to D’Agosta that he’d never once seen, or been asked to visit, Pendergast’s office.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Harriman placed the recorder on the arm of his chair. “Do you mind if I record this?” Von Menck gave a small wave of permission. “I’ve been debating the wisdom of making my opinions public.” Harriman felt himself go cold. Oh, no, he thought. The guy’s planning to do his own documentary on this. I’m about to get the royal shaft.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“D’Agosta took it, mumbling a greeting. For some reason she made him eager to be on his best behavior, just the way his grandmother had done when he was a child.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“It was a huge smokescreen of words and theories, piled one on top of another, signifying nothing.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Perugia”
― Douglas Preston, La mano del diablo

“with a son.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“problem for the whole city.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Queens, by the accent.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“by, just in”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Flatbush accent.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Well, we’ve got a man standing”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“artificial intelligence.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“looking across the bay toward Staten Island.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Staten Island ferry”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“an amazing set of knockers:”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Once it got into your blood, you could never get it out again.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“They’d ended up ordering pizza.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Our leaders are morally bankrupt, shameless hypocrites, feigning piety but devoid of real spirituality.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Criticism is a profession which allows one a certain license to be vicious outside the bounds of normal civilized behavior.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“Chapter:”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone

“As I get older, Vincent, I have come to prefer a quiet evening at home to a bracing exchange of gunfire in the dark.”
― Douglas Preston, Brimstone