Sandstorm Quotes

“When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they’re more likely to trip.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Though it was undeclared, there was a new world war being waged, where fundamental decency and respect for human rights were under assault by forces of intolerance, despotism, and blind fervor. And while its battles were sometimes waged in plain sight-- in New York City, in Iraq-- its greater struggle was carried on invisibly, fought in secret, its heroes unknown, its villains hidden.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Choices have to be made…before we are left with none.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Shrapnel and a wave of sand struck the side like a bitch-slap from God Himself.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“It is a tradition among our desert tribes. A man may borrow what he needs. Stealing is crime.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Remember, child, life is not a straight line. It cycles.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“The warmth and peace she had experienced before had nothing to do with gifts or blessings. It was this human touch. The warmth of family, the peace of self and certainty. That was blessing enough for anyone.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Most major Christian groups—Catholics, Byzantines, Nestorians, Jacobites—believe Mary’s father was a man named Joachim. But this is contested. The Koran claims she descended from a highly respected family, that of Imran. As does the Jewish faith.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“They all knew borders no longer divided the world so much as ideologies.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Whiskey is for drinkin’, water is for fightin’.” She frowned. “Mark Twain,” he said.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they're more likely to trip.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Horses”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Sigma was started to protect and maintain the technological superiority of the United States.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Nabi Imran was Mary’s father.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“She would not fail this night. Nothing would stop her. Cassandra worked around to the far”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“the others had hurriedly shoved all the supplies from the SUV into the Eurovan, then drove the SUV over a steep slope. Painter feared Cassandra would track them with its GPS feature, just as he had.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Still, she eyed the pair. She knew better than to underestimate an opponent. Defeat lay along that path. There could be strengths to this pair that bore watching.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“The warmth of the bourbon still glowed deep within her, helping her find her center. How could something so simple have brought her so much relief? But Safia sensed it wasn’t truly the alcohol so much as the kindness. She had forgotten what that was like. It had been too long. Not since…not”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm