For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world.

Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it's important that we all realize that.

Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.

I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'

Pain is a part of growing up. It's how we learn.

Oh, this faithless world! Someone must deliver them. You. If not you, who? You have been saved for a reason. Show them the old demons. Remind them of their fear. Apathy is death. Without darkness, there is no light. Without evil, there is no good. Make them choose. Dark or light. Where is the fear? Where are the heroes? If not now, when?

Neutrinos have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic!
Robert to Vittoria.

Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we could die. Instead, our minds block out our existential fears by focusing on stresses we can handle--like getting to work on time or paying our taxes.

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

Life is filled with difficult decisions, he thought. And winners are those who make them.

Secrets, Kohler finally said, are a luxury we can no longer afford.

It is said that in death, all things become clear.

Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed.

Substantiate or suffocate, Ms. Vetra. Mickey's ticking.

I am the shade. Through the dolent city, i flee. Through the eternal woe, i take flight.

The measure of your faith is the measure of the pain you can endure.

It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.

Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.

I know you want to run, but I'm not going to let you. Sooner or later you need to start trusting someone.

By a show of hands, Kirsch continued, how many of you believe in any of the following ancient gods: Apollo? Zeus? Vulcan? He paused, and then laughed. Not a single one of you? Okay, so it appears we are all atheists with respect to those gods. He paused. I simply choose to go one god further.