"Our quest began with a more or less straightforward story." Part 1, Chapter 1, Village of Mystery, p. 3

"We were not prepared to regard the Grail as anything more than myth. We were certainly not prepared to assert that it ever existed in actuality. Even if we did, we could not imagine that a cup or bowl, whether it held Jesus' blood or not, would be so very precious to the Cathars - for whom Jesus, to a significant degree, was incidental." Part 1, Chapter 2, The Cathars and the Great Heresy, p. 34

"We supposed that something was discovered in the Holy Land, either by accident or design - something of immense import, which aroused the interest of some of Europe's most influential noblemen." Part 1, Chapter 3, The Warrior Monks, p. 64

"The Ordre of Sion, which had created the Knights Templar, now washed its hands of its celebrated protygys." Part 2, Chapter 5, The Order...