--- title: "1 Closed Book Quotes By Douglas Preston" description: "1 Closed Book quotes by Douglas Preston. Plus more from Douglas Preston and more Closed Book sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/douglas-preston-7731_book_she-picked-up-the-book-she-was-reading-b_1998140.jpg" --- > [“She picked up the book she was reading, Beyond the Ice Limit, found her dog-eared place at the beginning of chapter six, and began to read. The sea horizon lay against the sky, blue against perfect blue, and it seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/she-picked-up-the-book-she-was-reading-beyond-the-ice-limit-found-her/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/douglas-preston-7731_book_she-picked-up-the-book-she-was-reading-b_1998140.jpg) ## More by Douglas Preston > [“The Tyrannosaurus rex was a creature of the jungle. She lived in the deepest forests and swamps of North America, not long after it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/the-tyrannosaurus-rex-was-a-creature-of-the-jungle-she-lived-in-the/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [“William Duncan Strong was a scholar, a man ahead of his time: quiet, careful and meticulous in his work, averse to spectacle and publicity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/william-duncan-strong-was-a-scholar-a-man-ahead-of-his-time-quiet/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/i-need-to-write-in-a-small-room-the-smaller-the-better-i-can-t-write/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [“Global warming has opened the southern door of the United States not just to leish but to many other diseases. The big ones now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/global-warming-has-opened-the-southern-door-of-the-united-states-not/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [“Boxer altered his course subtly, as if that was the way he'd already been going, not looking up to acknowledge he had heard, letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/boxer-altered-his-course-subtly-as-if-that-was-the-way-he-d-already/) [douglas preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [“A strange, pale figure emerged—Pendergast?—and she felt herself suddenly in his arms, lifted bodily as if she were a child again, her head cradled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/a-strange-pale-figure-emerged-pendergast-and-she-felt-herself/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [I'm pretty much a 9-to-5 kind of guy. I usually get to work about 8 in the morning, and I work until 4 or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/i-m-pretty-much-a-9-to-5-kind-of-guy-i-usually-get-to-work-about-8-in/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [“People need history in order to know themselves, to build a sense of identity and pride, continuity, community, and hope for the future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/people-need-history-in-order-to-know-themselves-to-build-a-sense-of/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [“When the team excavated, they uncovered the shattered ruins of a fortress, over fifteen centuries old, with massive walls and eight towers, matching the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/when-the-team-excavated-they-uncovered-the-shattered-ruins-of-a/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/there-are-so-many-journalists-out-there-i-hate-to-say-it-who-are-lazy/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [“What the hell was your pal Bertin demanding?” he asked. “Sipping syrup?” “It’s a cocktail he prefers when he gets, ah, overly excited.” “A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/what-the-hell-was-your-pal-bertin-demanding-he-asked-sipping-syrup-it/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [“No civilization has survived forever. All move toward dissolution, one after the other, like waves of the sea falling upon the shore. None, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/no-civilization-has-survived-forever-all-move-toward-dissolution-one/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [“She’s more a daiquiri and margarita drinker.”“We all have our flaws,” said Pendergast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/she-s-more-a-daiquiri-and-margarita-drinker-we-all-have-our-flaws/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [Pirate Hunters is a fantastic book, an utterly engrossing and satisfying read. It tells the story of the hunt for the rare wreck of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/pirate-hunters-is-a-fantastic-book-an-utterly-engrossing-and/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) > [“Religion arose as an effort to explicate the inexplicable, control the uncontrollable, make bearable the unbearable. Belief in a higher power became the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-preston/religion-arose-as-an-effort-to-explicate-the-inexplicable-control-the/) [Douglas Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-preston/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/closed-book/douglas-preston/#itemlist", "name": "1 Closed Book Quotes By Douglas Preston", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She picked up the book she was reading, Beyond the Ice Limit, found her dog-eared place at the beginning of chapter six, and began to read. The sea horizon lay against the sky, blue against perfect blue, and it seemed to beckon the ship southward, ever southward. She closed the book, put it down again. 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