The Cabinet of Dr. Leng Quotes

“Bizarreness, like salt, gives flavor to existence. Without it, life would be as long and tedious as an opera by Wagner.”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“1950 crime film, Side Street. The original had a famous car chase in and around Wall Street, shot from choppers and the tops of buildings. This time, they’re using drones, and we’ll be closing half a dozen streets over the weekend for the shoot. I haven’t met the director yet, just the DP and some assistants, but the lead was there—Leonardo DiCaprio!”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“bihydrodiozipene”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“Ferenc himself departed his native Hungary, along with his mother and younger brother, for an aunt’s house in Reading, Pennsylvania.”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“iatrogenic”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“He was aware the man had suffered a deeply emotional trauma when his young companion, Constance, had abandoned him and used the machine to launch herself back in time.”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“Constance inclined her head. “You are most kind. I have no fixed engagements on that evening. I should be delighted.”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“Okay, look,” he said, turning back to Pendergast. “You and me, we’ve been friends and partners for a long time. We’ve fought Amazonian monsters, zombies, and mindless creatures living a mile beneath this city. We’ve been arrested, shot, stabbed, locked up in an Italian castle; we’ve stalked a madman through a burning asylum—and cheated death every time. All of that has remained just between us. Goddamn it, I hope you know you can tell me anything. I’d move heaven and earth to help you. So don’t patronize me. Tell me what’s really going on…and how I can help.”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“he was now feeling burnt out to the point of carbonization.”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“And as Coldmoon closed the door behind him, he could still hear the faint sound of Pendergast’s laughter—dulcet, melodious, yet infinitely sad—as he maintained his sanity by skipping from one tiny sliver of time to another, between the beat of a hummingbird’s wings.”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“to”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

“He carried the Lakota principle that he would render no judgments on anyone except through direct experience”
― Douglas Preston, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng