Diablo Mesa Quotes

“Servandae vitae mendacium.”
― Douglas Preston, Diablo Mesa

“Denying the existence of things beyond our knowledge is as dangerous as promoting them.”
― Douglas Preston, Diablo Mesa

“That’s what humans do. We label, categorize, measure, and dissect because it gives us the illusion of control.”
― Douglas Preston, Diablo Mesa

“Bah! The infirmities of age. What a bore. We gain honors, age, and wealth, and then just when we’re ready to enjoy them, Father Time comes swooping down and screws up our bodies. Pulvis et umbra sumus and all that.”
― Douglas Preston, Diablo Mesa

“This discovery will draw us closer to the day when humanity can cast aside its evil ways and eventually join the galactic civilization.”
― Douglas Preston, Diablo Mesa

“number 118, oganesson. That element was only confirmed in 2002, and it lasts for just one five-hundredth of a second before decaying into something else.”
― Douglas Preston, Diablo Mesa

“There was a burst of talk and radio chatter as they discussed what to do. Within minutes, they loaded the body into the back of one jeep, restrung the live wires, fixed the fence, and drove back to the portal in the hill, which then closed slowly and silently behind them.”
― Douglas Preston, Diablo Mesa

“Have you ever read The Hollow Man, by John Dickson Carr?”
― Douglas Preston, Diablo Mesa