“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 cocktail?” “Of sorts. Lemon–lime soda, vodka, codeine in solution, and a Jolly Rancher candy.” “A what?”… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“The Tyrannosaurus rex was a creature of the jungle. She lived in the deepest forests and swamps of North America, not long after it… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“William Duncan Strong was a scholar, a man ahead of his time: quiet, careful and meticulous in his work, averse to spectacle and publicity.… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“Global warming has opened the southern door of the United States not just to leish but to many other diseases. The big ones now… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“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… — douglas preston Copy Share Image
“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… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
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… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“People need history in order to know themselves, to build a sense of identity and pride, continuity, community, and hope for the future.” — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“When the team excavated, they uncovered the shattered ruins of a fortress, over fifteen centuries old, with massive walls and eight towers, matching the… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows. — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“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… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“No civilization has survived forever. All move toward dissolution, one after the other, like waves of the sea falling upon the shore. None, including… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
