Relax," Langdon whispered. "Do your piranha thing.

One could argue that there exist certain questions that are best left unanswered.

I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold.

One final bit of advice. The next time a senior administrator of the CIA tells you she has a national-security crisis Leave the bullshit in Cambridge.

Outside, in the newly fallen darkness, the world had been transformed. The sky had become a glistening tapestry of stars.

Everyone thinks that religion is the ball and chain. But the reality is that sin is the ball and chain. A relationship with Christ is the freedom that people are looking for in alcohol and drugs.

God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.