Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered. Marilyn Monroe
I was already writing 'The Lost Symbol' when I started to realize 'The Da Vinci Code' would be big. The thing that happened to me and must happen to any writer who's had success is that I temporarily became very self-aware. Dan Brown
Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. And for this serious task of imaginative discovery and self-discovery, there is and remains one perfect symbol: the printed book. Julian Barnes
The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. Graham Greene