Douglas Preston

“The Tyrannosaurus rex was a creature of the jungle. She lived in the deepest forests and swamps of North America, not long…

— Douglas Preston

“William Duncan Strong was a scholar, a man ahead of his time: quiet, careful and meticulous in his work, averse to spectacle…

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I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone…

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“Global warming has opened the southern door of the United States not just to leish but to many other diseases. The big…

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“Boxer altered his course subtly, as if that was the way he'd already been going, not looking up to acknowledge he had…

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“A strange, pale figure emerged—Pendergast?—and she felt herself suddenly in his arms, lifted bodily as if she were a child again, her…

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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…

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“People need history in order to know themselves, to build a sense of identity and pride, continuity, community, and hope for the…

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“When the team excavated, they uncovered the shattered ruins of a fortress, over fifteen centuries old, with massive walls and eight towers,…

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There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and…

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“What the hell was your pal Bertin demanding?” he asked. “Sipping syrup?” “It’s a cocktail he prefers when he gets, ah, overly…

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“No civilization has survived forever. All move toward dissolution, one after the other, like waves of the sea falling upon the shore.…

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“She’s more a daiquiri and margarita drinker.”“We all have our flaws,” said Pendergast.”

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Pirate Hunters is a fantastic book, an utterly engrossing and satisfying read. It tells the story of the hunt for the rare…

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“Religion arose as an effort to explicate the inexplicable, control the uncontrollable, make bearable the unbearable. Belief in a higher power became…

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“Charles backed down. He is reputed to have said, Capon, Capon, vous êtes un mauvais chapon. ‘Capon, Capon, you are one evil…

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“the Mosquitia civilization vanished everywhere all at once—in a sudden, civilization-wide catastrophe.”

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My first job was washing dishes in the basement of a nursing home for $2.10 an hour, and I learned as much…

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“Perhaps the ghastliest disease endemic to mosquitia is Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis, sometimes called white leprosy, caused by the bite of an infected sand…

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“Perhaps it’s not a matter of unimportant sites, but unimportant archaeologists.”

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“Dr. Albert Frock: Well, how goes the gradual extinction of the human race, Lieutenant? Lt. Vincent D'Agosta: I'm doing what I can…

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“The dangers of exploring Mosquitia go beyond the natural deterrents. Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Eighty…

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Where are you from, Mr. Pendergast? Can't quite place the accent.” “New Orleans.” “What a coincidence! I went there for Mardi Gras…

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“Sometimes, a society can see its end approaching from afar and still not be able to adapt, like the Maya; at other…

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“I would ask the reader to pause for a moment and ponder the statistics. Statistics are mere numbers; they need to be…

— Douglas Preston