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“The laws of physics is the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece”
“Symbols, Langdon said, in no way confirm the presence of their original creators.”
“She lay outside in the courtyard, staring up at the raindrops feeling them hit her body trying to guess where one would land next. The nuns called again, threatening that pneumonia might make an in...”
“Isnt antimatter what fuels the U.S.S.Enterprise?”
“As a scientist I have come to learn that information isonly as valuable as its source.”
“God created light anddark, heaven and hellscience claims the same thing as religion, that the Big Bang createdeverything in the universe with an opposite.Including matter itself, antimatter”
“Good science fiction has its roots in good science.”
“Our sunsets have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. The complexities of the universe have been shredded into mathematical equations. Even our self-worth as human beings has been destroyed.”
“The carved stone sign in front read Building C.Imaginative title, Langdon thought”
“Youre telling me that CERN dugout millions of tons of earth just to smash tiny particles?Kohler shrugged. Sometimes to find truth, one must move mountains.”
“He warned that any church that ignored reality would not survive to enjoy the divine.”
“You mean the day they stop needing the church," Vittoria challenged, moving toward him. "Doubt is your last shred of control. It is doubt that brings souls to you. Our need to know that life has me...”
“Matter, Vittoria repeated. Blossoming out of nothing. An incredible display of subatomic fireworks. A miniature universe springing to life. He proved not only that matter can be created from nothin...”
“Even the technology that promises to unite us, divides us. Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone.”
“emotionless tone hurting as much as the news”
“Im relieved to seethat even brilliant physicists make mistakes.Kohler looked over. What do you mean?Whoever wrote that note made a mistake. That column isnt Ionic. Ionic columns are uniform in widt...”
“He had been haunted his whole life by a mildcase of claustrophobiathe vestige of a childhood incident he had never quite overcome.Langdons aversion to closed spaces was by no means debilitating, bu...”
“Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.”
“Secrets, Kohler finally said, are a luxury we can no longer afford.”
“Energetically speaking, antimatter is the mirror image of matter, so the two instantly cancel each other out if they come in contact.Keeping antimatter isolated from matter is a challenge, of cours...”
