Final Strike Quotes

“This is the area of Cemanahuac.” “What does that term mean?” Kershaw asked. Wright spoke up. “Agent Sanchez mentioned it. You brought it up in your meeting with Lund. It’s the Aztec empire reborn, correct?” “Not exactly,” Dr. Estrada said, feeling piqued. “It is what the Aztec empire may have called itself. It comes from the Nahuatl words meaning ‘to be surrounded by water.’” He pointed out the geography on the map as he spoke. “The Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean. There is even a belief that this area up in Arizona and Utah used to be under water—that Aztlán . . . where the Aztec came from . . . was somewhere there. The origin you see.” He gestured to the board. “Of the snake.” “This is Cemanahuac,” Illari insisted, her eyes glowing with hope. “Finally.” “The Aztec never reached or conquered Peru,” Dr. Estrada objected. “I’m not saying they did,” she shot back. “The Maya, the Aztec, the Olmec, the Inca—they all worshipped the serpent god.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Final Strike

“The largest effigy of a serpent, until now, was in Ohio. That one was four hundred meters long. Archaeologists haven’t been able to pinpoint when it was built, but it’s probably over two thousand years old. Evidence suggests that multiple civilizations constructed it.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Final Strike

“he’d be a fool to blame the means for the end they all desired.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Final Strike

“Toffler. He said that the illiterate of this century will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and learn again.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Final Strike

“How did a primitive people manage to move such huge pieces of stone, each one weighing tons, in order to build these huge temples? The wall at Saksaywaman in Peru, for example, has pieces that weigh two hundred tons. They fit so precisely and without mortar that they’ve stood for centuries, or even millennia. But there is no evidence of where this engineering know-how came from to lift such a stone, let alone slide it perfectly into place.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Final Strike

“Farther south, in Peru, where the Inca built Cusco and had a completely different culture and belief system, there is the legend of Viracocha. It’s strikingly similar to the legend of Kukulkán and Quetzalcóatl. A bearded man who showed up and taught the people to live in harmony and instructed them in advanced technology—”
― Jeff Wheeler, Final Strike

“A religious person would see evidence of what he or she believed. It’s the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Final Strike

“Knowing something isn’t enough. Being a good communicator is essential.”
― Jeff Wheeler, Final Strike