The words ‘Tyrannosaurus’ [14] and ‘Rex’ [49] are found for a total of 63 times in the book, and this is the first of only two times it is mentioned in a chapter title. The second comes later in Chapter 46, ‘Tyrannosaur.’

Best Writing, Quotes

“They have come for the danger.”

Hammond, Page 168, While watching the vehicles on remote camera after the goat is revealed in the Tyrannosaurus cage

Hammond is all over the place trying to understand how or why his investment – Jurassic Park – will become a success. He knows people will want to see dinosaurs. Here he is watching as his grandchildren are off on a ride to see a carnivorous Tyrannosaurus rex feast on a captive goat.

Page by Page Highlights, Quotes

“Dinosaurs ruled the earth for a hundred and twenty million years, but there were tyrannosaurs for only the last fifteen million years of that period.” – Page 167 – Narrated in Ray Kiley’s voice

“They have come for the danger.” Hammond says on Page 168, after the goat is revealed in the Tyrannosaurus cage

“It was Muldoon’s view that some dinosaurs were too dangerous to be kept in a park setting. In part, the danger exited because they still knew so little about the animals.” Page 169 – Muldoon, the expert on wildlife and hunting, is not in the loop on their planning

“Yet a moose was almost as skillful with its snout as an elephant with its trunk.” Page 170 – some surprising animals are well known for escaping their pens at zoos

“Hey,” Dennis Nedry called, from the far console. “As long as you’re up, get me a Coke, okay?” – Page 171 – Crichton creates a huge difference between Nedry and Muldoon, in their biography and their actions

“Then they smelled the odor, a garbage stench of putrefaction and decay that drifted up the hillside toward them.” – Page 171

“When a carnivore finally brought down an animal, it was waiting for another predator, who might attack it and steal its prize.” – Page 172 as they observe what the Tyrannosaurus rex will do with the goat it has killed.

“Malcolm sat back in his seat. “Fantastic,” he said.” – Page 173 after the T. rex retreats into the woods to eat the goat.