The Wheel of Darkness Quotes

“The mandalas were meant to be objects of contemplation, aids to meditation, their proportions magically balanced to purify and calm the mind. To stare at a mandala was to experience, if only briefly, the nothingness that is at the heart of enlightenment.”
― Douglas Preston, The Wheel of Darkness

“Trying to fulfill earthly desires was like carrying water to the sea; a never- ending task, and an ultimately useless one.”
― Douglas Preston, The Wheel of Darkness

“people were like icebergs--most of what really went on, especially the ugliness, was submerged”
― Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, The Wheel of Darkness

“Lead me into all misfortune. Only by that path can I transform the negative into the positive.”
― Douglas Preston, The Wheel of Darkness

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― Douglas Preston, The Wheel of Darkness

“presently hold in your hands, is a stand-alone novel that continues to follow Pendergast and takes place after the events in The Book of the Dead.”
― Douglas Preston, The Wheel of Darkness

“Relic was our first novel, and the first to feature Agent Pendergast, and as such has no antecedents. Reliquary is the sequel to Relic. The Cabinet of Curiosities is our next Pendergast novel, and it stands completely on its own. Still Life with Crows is next. It is also a self-contained story (although people curious about Constance Greene will find a little more information here, as well as in The Cabinet of Curiosities). Brimstone is next, and it is the first novel in what we informally call the Diogenes trilogy. Although it is also self-contained, it does pick up some threads begun in The Cabinet of Curiosities. Dance of Death is the middle novel of the Diogenes trilogy. While it can be read as a stand-alone book, readers may wish to read Brimstone before Dance of Death. The Book of the Dead is the culminating novel in the Diogenes trilogy. For greatest enjoyment, the reader should read at least Dance of Death first. The Wheel of Darkness, which you presently”
― Douglas Preston, The Wheel of Darkness

“Be in the world but not of it.”
― Douglas Preston, The Wheel of Darkness

“a walther ppk. you're a james bond fan, i imagine....”
― Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, The Wheel of Darkness

“to authorize that personally.”
― Douglas Preston, The Wheel of Darkness

“He had done the right thing and that was what counted. That was the best you could do in life. How others took it was beyond his control.”
― Douglas Preston, The Wheel of Darkness

“The point of a cruise ship is the cruise itself. But an ocean liner’s job is to transport people on a schedule. The”
― Douglas Preston, The Wheel of Darkness