Boys Mystified Me, Although I Dreamed Vaguely

Never Before Had I Known The Sudden Quiver Of Understanding That Travels From Word To Brain To Heart, The Way A New Language Can Move, Coil, Swim Into Life Under The Eyes, The Almost Savage Leap Of Comprehension, The Instantaneous, Joyful Release Of Meaning, The Way The Words Shed Their Printed Bodies In A Flash Of Heat And Light.

These Atheist Cultures Were Certainly Diligent In Preserving The Relics Of Their Saints.

The Very Worst Impulses Of Humankind Can Survive Generations, Centuries, Even Millennia. And The Best Of Our Individual Efforts Can Die With Us At The End Of A Single Lifetime.

I Wasn't Brought Up To Be Dazzled By Money Or Fame.

I Think It's Important To Recognise That 'the Da Vinci Code' Opened Up A Vast New Audience For A General Readership Interested In Historical Detective Stories And Research Into History.