The Third Gate Quotes

“The simplest explanation is most often the correct one.”
― Lincoln Child, The Third Gate

“You say the ancient Egyptians believed the heart was critical for surviving in the next world.” Romero nodded. “Once in the netherworld, the pharaoh’s heart would have been inspected, tested by Anubis, in a ceremony known as the Weighing of the Heart. At least, that was the belief of later Egyptians.”
― Lincoln Child, The Third Gate

“cyanotic.” “Get a blood”
― Lincoln Child, The Third Gate

“Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.’ ”
― Lincoln Child, The Third Gate

“You know, Ethan, there are cultures on earth who believe that—under the right circumstances—a person can be separated from their inner spirit.” “Inner spirit?” Rush repeated. “I mean the intangible life force that links us from this world to the next. The Byzantines, the Incans, certain Native American tribes, Enlightenment-era Rosicrucians, all had variant belief structures regarding such a thing—there were, and are, many others.”
― Lincoln Child, The Third Gate

“breathe slowly, deeply. Let your limbs go limp. Relax your neck. Relax your shoulders. Relax your arms: first the fingers, then the wrists, then the lower arms, and then the upper. Relax your feet. Relax your legs.”
― Lincoln Child, The Third Gate

“So naturally I’m fascinated with the phenomenon of the NDE, of ‘going over.”
― Lincoln Child, The Third Gate

“discoveries: a burial pit in Wales that contained the remains of what most scholars agreed was the first-century English queen Boadicea. She had been found buried in an ancient war chariot, surrounded by weapons, golden armbands, and other trinkets.”
― Lincoln Child, The Third Gate

“and foremost.”
― Lincoln Child, The Third Gate