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The Book of the Dead
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"The Book of the Dead" Quotes

FBI Agent Aloysius Pendergast escapes prison to stop his deranged brother Diogenes from committing a horrific crime at the reopening of New York’s Museum of Natural History.

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The end of the world has come and gone, and we are still here.

Douglas Preston

survivalapocalypse

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Douglas Preston

truthvalue

The world is not beautiful, and that in a way lends it a sort of beauty.

Douglas Preston

beautyworld

The universe is a chaos of beauty and monsters.

Douglas Preston

universechaos

The dead are always with us. They are in the wind, in the trees, in the earth.

Douglas Preston

deathmemory

We are all prisoners of history, and none can escape.

Douglas Preston

historyfate

Death is not the end. It is the continuation of our journey.

Douglas Preston

deathafterlife

The truth of the dead will always find a way to be heard.

Douglas Preston

truthjustice

The human heart has its own knowledge, and it knows what it needs.

Douglas Preston

heartintuition

The shadows of the past can never be outrun; they always catch up in the end.

Douglas Preston

pastconsequences