Quote by Douglas Preston Download Open image ““She’s more a daiquiri and margarita drinker.”“We all have our flaws,” said Pendergast.”” — Douglas Preston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Surely it wasn’t possible to be soul-bonded to two people. And why did I suddenly want a margarita?” — Sierra Dean Copy Share Image
“I walk over and fill her drink: “you got class, doll, you’re not like the others…” she likes that and I like it too… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“She’s the kind of person who makes you feel drunk just by being around her, like suddenly the world’s edges are dulled and all… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“She was rather like one of those innocent-tasting American drinks which creep imperceptibly into your system so that, before you know what you're doing,… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Tequila doesn't ask you to talk about your problems. Tequila and I have always gotten along.” — Kimberly Lauren Copy Share Image
“I only drink a little, but when I do, I become a different person, and that person drinks a lot.” — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, a half-bottle of breakfast tequila just isn’t enough to deal with the day’s reality.” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“Everyone is drinking. She can feel them out there drinking, turning into beasts.” — Anna Keesey Copy Share Image
“Your presence resembles a dirty martini, she only drinks it when she’s thirsty.” — Shannon Lynette 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. He was among the first to establish that Mosquitia had been inhabited by an ancient, unknown people who were not Maya. Strong spent five months traversing Honduras in 1933, going by dugout canoe up the Río… — Douglas Preston Copy Share
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 his attitude convey the contempt he felt for the scrawny foreman. He stopped in front of the guy, staring at the man's dusty little workboots. Small feet, small dick. Slowly, he glanced up. "Welcome to the… — douglas preston Copy Share
“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 description in the Koran. They also figured out what had happened: The constant removal of water from the watering hole undermined the fortress, which one day collapsed into a sinkhole and was buried by drifting sands.… — Douglas Preston Copy Share
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 cocktail?” “Of sorts. Lemon–lime soda, vodka, codeine in solution, and a Jolly Rancher candy.” “A what?” “Bertin prefers the watermelon–flavored variety.” D’Agosta shook his head. “Christ. Only in Louisiana.” “Actually, I understand the concoction originated in… — Douglas Preston Copy Share
“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
