Let’s set the existence-of-God issue aside for a later volume, and just stipulate that in some way, self-replicating organisms came into existence on this planet and immediately began trying to get rid of each other…
— Neal Stephenson, “Cryptonomicon”
The temple was a perfect square. And cavernous.
— Dan Brown, “The Lost Symbol”
Coty suddenly popped open her eyes.
— James Patterson, “Kiss the Girls”
From Reasoning With Vampires.
What little food grows here is tough and tasteless— the people that grow here, even more so.
— “How To Train Your Dragon”
Awkwardly, she wedged her hips into the narrow seat.
— Dan Brown, “Deception Point”
Rachel tried to make conversation. ‘Doing … some hiking, Mr. President?’
— Dan Brown, “Deception Point”
To call the NRO director a plain man was in itself an overstatement.
— Dan Brown, “Deception Point”
