History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?

That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.

Nobody tells you what you can and can't do.

In which year did a Harvard sculler last outrow an Oxford man at Henley?" Langdon had no idea, but he could imagine only one reason the question had been asked. "Surely such a travesty has never occurred.

The human body is amazing," she said. If you deprive it of one sensory input, the other senses take over, almost instantly.

My sincere hope is that 'The Da Vinci Code,' in addition to entertaining people, will serve as an open door to begin their own explorations.

God is found in the collection of Many. . . rather than in the One.