Quotes from Ken Follett

Perhaps it was irresponsible, Tom thought, to turn down that dull job in Exeter and go looking for a cathedral to build; but I've always been able to feed them all, despite my recklessness.

An evident principle runs through the whole program," Wilson had said. "It is the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak." Tears had come to Gus's eyes when he had read these words. "The people of the United States could act upon no other principle," Wilson had said.

Handel's "He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd," a popular anthem with elaborate part singing that the congregation performed faultlessly. As hundreds of tenor voices soared across the

Communists in power would be as oppressive as the aristocracy they replaced.

hombre que se jacta de conocer la voluntad de Dios y está dispuesto a cumplirla a toda costa es el hombre más peligroso del mundo».

Why was it, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave the national flag?

people who were polite to his mistress. Lloyd George spoke to the group. "That German ship delivered the guns to Mexico after all. It simply went to another port and quietly unloaded. So nineteen American troops died for nothing. It's a terrible humiliation for Woodrow Wilson.

As in every country, Walter thought gloomily, army officers were pressing their political masters to take the first steps to war. It

Philip had always believed that hard work should be rewarded by good food.

People think they're being saved from a Bolshevik revolution," Frunze said. "The Nazi press has them convinced that the Communists were about to launch a campaign of murder, arson, and poison in every town and village.

That my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character—I have a dream today.

We move by inches, not miles," said Gus Dewar with a smile. "That's politics.

Fitz probably had half a dozen bastards around the world, but Ethel's was the only one he knew of for sure.

but it seemed to her that the lack of critical newspapers made it much easier for other forms of oppression to flourish.

A country is mostly the people in it," Maud said. "I don't love England. My parents died a long time ago, and my brother has disowned me. I love Germany. For me, Germany is my wonderful husband, Walter; my misguided son, Erik; my alarmingly capable daughter, Carla; our maid, Ada, and her disabled son; my friend Monika and her family; my journalistic colleagues . . . I'm staying, to fight the Nazis.

Even lords ought to follow the customs.

keep citizens waiting hours. A dose of German efficiency would do them a world of good. The same went for the disorderly Italians. Eastern Europe would benefit most of all. The old Russian Empire was still in the Middle Ages, with ragged peasants starving in hovels, and women flogged for adultery. Germany would bring order, justice, and modern agricultural methods.

It looked, she thought, as if the hand of God had come down over England and struck the earth, destroying everything men had made except churches.

They had just started their first scheduled air service. Planes went from Vienna to Kiev and back like railway trains. There would be a network of flights all over Europe after Germany won the war. And Walter and Maud would raise their children in a peaceful and well-ordered world.

A child will always be what he is, she thought, and not what you want him to be.

Sabe que no es posible hacerlo todo, que hay que elegir las batallas que pueden ganarse.

But Wilson was an idealist who believed that the force of righteousness would overcome all obstacles. He underestimated the need to flatter, cajole, and seduce.

But you should go to bed." "With your ladyship's permission, I'd like to stay up until Lord Remarc telephones again.

Walli's sister came into the room. Lili was almost three years younger, and these days he was not sure how to treat her. For as long as he could remember she had been a pain in the neck, like a younger boy but sillier. However, lately she had become more sensible and, to complicate matters, some of her friends had breasts.