Will Brown
Will Brown
summer boys bravery
I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
ideas everything-happens-for-a-reason agency
I'm fascinated by power, especially veiled power. Shadow power. The National Security Agency. The National Reconnaissance Office. Opus Dei. The idea that everything happens for reasons we're not quite seeing.
gray-area gray areas
I love the gray area between right and wrong.
love-you people like-you
I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
secret knows
Can you keep secrets? Can you know a thing and never say it again?
terrorism demon angels-and-demons
Death is only a byproduct of terrorism.
buddhist jesus islamic
The Bible represents a fundamental guidepost for millions of people on the planet, in much the same way the Koran, Torah, and Pali Canon offer guidance to people of other religions. If you and I could dig up documentation that contradicted the holy stories of Islamic belief, Judaic belief, Buddhist belief, pagan belief, should we do that? Should we wave a flag and tell the Buddhists that the Buddha did not come from a lotus blossom? Or that Jesus was not born of a literal virgin birth? Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.
relax robert-langdon
Relax," Langdon whispered. "Do your piranha thing.
stories metaphorical
Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.
masculine-and-feminine two balance
The Pentacle - The ancients envisioned their world in two halves - masculine and feminine. Their gods and goddesses worked to keep a balance of power. Yin and Yang. When male and female were balanced, there was harmony in the world. When they were unbalanced there was chaos.
fighting want hippo
If a hippo ever wants to fight, just walk away.
desire gods-will
God's will is your deepest desires.
mind my-friends
Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.
men years oxford
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.