Crimson Shore Quotes

“Wine is like many of the fine experiences in life which take time and experience to extract their full pleasure and meaning.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“»Aber führt Wermut denn nicht zu Hirnschäden?«
»Das Leben führt zu Hirnschäden.«”
― Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Crimson Shore

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― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“The town had a faint air of benign neglect that only added to its charm: a seaside village with white clapboard buildings, seagulls wheeling overhead, uneven brick sidewalks and local shops. They passed a gas station, several old storefronts with plate-glass windows, a diner, a funeral parlor, a movie theater turned into a bookstore, and an eighteenth-century sea captain’s mansion, complete with widow’s walk. A sign out front identified it as the Exmouth Historical Society and Museum.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“Quod erat demonstrandum.” “Cum hoc, ergo propter hoc.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“In any investigation, ninety-nine percent of the information gathered is irrelevant. In the search for that one percent, many offensive questions must be asked and many people aggravated. Nothing personal.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“When the knock sounded, Constance Greene stopped playing the Flemish virginal and the library fell silent and tense. She glanced in the direction of Special Agent A. X. L. Pendergast, sitting by a dying fire, wearing thin white gloves, having gone quite still while leafing through an illuminated manuscript, a glass of Amontillado half-finished on the side table. Constance recalled the last time someone had knocked on the door of 891 Riverside Drive—the rarest of occurrences at the Pendergast mansion. The memory of that awful moment now hung in the room like a miasma.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“Indeed, Constance. All lawyers are guilty. But this one, I think, is more guilty than most.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“it is the intention to do wickedness that is this world’s true evil.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“Do you see any likely wine criminals?” Pendergast asked. “That elderly gentleman in the madras jacket with the purple bow tie looks suspicious.” Pendergast slowed and carelessly eased the roadster to the curb. “We’re stopping?” “We have a little time. Let us try what I understand to be a local delicacy: the lobster roll.” As they got out, the gentleman in the madras jacket passed with a nod and smile, and continued on. “Definitely suspicious,” murmured Constance. “He should be locked up on the strength of that bow tie alone.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“Unlikely. That wine is the reason, the only reason, I took the case. In the nineteenth century, Chateau Haut-Braquilanges produced the finest wines in France. Their signature claret was the product of a single vineyard, of about two acres, planted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot. It was situated on a hill near Fronsac. Unfortunately, that hill was violently contested in World War I, drenched with mustard gas and poisoned forever, and the chateau leveled. There are at most two dozen bottles left of the vintages from that chateau known to exist. But none from the greatest vintage of all—1904. It was believed extinct. Extraordinary that this fellow has a case of it. You saw how reluctant he was to part with even the one bottle.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“Pendergast moved with a feline grace, using the waxing moon as his only source of light”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“The act of living causes brain damage.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“In Lake’s experience, even eccentric and unconventional people carefully curated their persona. Very few truly didn’t give a goddamn what others thought.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“—Carpe diem. ¿Quién sabe lo que nos traerá el mañana?”
― Douglas Preston, Costa maldita

“El moribundo frente marítimo al final había sucumbido al perverso huracán Yankee Clipper de 1938.”
― Douglas Preston, Costa maldita

“—Vivir causa daños cerebrales.”
― Douglas Preston, Costa maldita

“Moby Dick is my favorite book —I’ve been rereading it every year since I was sixteen. ‘Call me Ishmael’ is the greatest first line in a novel ever written.”“I, myself, am not fond of animal stories.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“She’s more a daiquiri and margarita drinker.”“We all have our flaws,” said Pendergast.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“satan is a christian creation and you can keep him, thank you!”
― Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Crimson Shore

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― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“Wine is like many of the finer things in life, which take time and experience to extract their full pleasure and meaning.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“The town had a faint air of benign neglect that only added to its charm: a seaside village with white clapboard buildings, seagulls wheeling overhead, uneven brick sidewalks and local shops. They”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“A striking man stood in the doorway behind him: perhaps sixty-five, with a great shock of white hair. The hair was the only thing that looked at all old about him; he was close to six and a half feet tall, with a craggy, handsome face bronzed by the sun, a trim, athletic bearing, wearing a blue blazer over a crisp white cotton shirt and tan slacks. He radiated good health and vigorous living. His hands were massive.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“This wine is austere, structured, with great finesse, and a long, lingering finish.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore

“spaces again. I guess one citation wasn’t enough.” Pendergast pulled out the previous ticket. “You mean this?” “That’s right.” Pendergast neatly tore it in half and tucked the pieces back into his pocket. The chief frowned.”
― Douglas Preston, Crimson Shore