Lines from "Angels and Demons"

Let me point out some lines which I liked the most while reading the book "Angels and Demons" by DAN BROWN :-


*Religion and spiritualism came into existence in order to fill the gap which science couldn't fill.

*Symbols are needed for any organisation. When the organisation vanishes, some others pick-up the good things from them, the symbol being the first thing.

*One doesn't need to have cancer in order to analyse its symptoms.




* Religious fight[my god is better than your god] between two men is much more horrible than the war between two countries for a piece of land.

*English is the universal language of science. Many think that mathematics is the universal language of science!!!

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Anonymous said…
Hi Madhu
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January 15, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Madhusoodan said…
@vishwanath
Surely I'll post on the books that I've read... Be watching!And, thanks for the info...
February 7, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Anonymous said…
i ll add one more line which i liked " pain is part of growing up.. Its how we learn.."
February 7, 2009 at 8:47 PM
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