Quotes from Ken Follett

But he knew he would succeed, in the end, because God would help him.

Philip thought; you have to do something to keep their attention.

tranquilizada pese a las buenas intenciones de Meg

J'étais si sûr que je pourrais bâtir la plus belle cathédrale du monde. Pourquoi ai-je cru que je pourrais faire mieux que n'importe qui ?

way to the quarry and picked out a stone he liked. He had brought it back on a borrowed pony two days later. But people forgave him his transgressions, partly because he was a truly exceptional stonecarver, and partly because he was so likeable – a trait he definitely had not inherited from his mother, in Philip's opinion. Philip had given some thought to what Jack would

God no longer asks for blood sacrifices, for the ultimate sacrifice has been made. But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us. Is this design the best thing you could offer God?

Our government has betrayed us," said his father. "In your opinion. So what? In America, when the Republicans won the last election, the Democrats didn't riot!

When I was doing the research for Fall of Giants I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted. No European leader on either side intended it to happen. But the emperors and prime ministers, one by one, made decisions—logical, moderate decisions—each of which took us a small step closer to the most terrible conflict the world had ever known.

Never use your own money when you can spend someone else's. - Lev Peshkov

su desaprobación era como las repentinas ráfagas de viento del norte del enero moscovita.

Looking in the full-length mirror, she thought, I've got everything I had twenty years ago—it's all just three inches lower.

Um bebê era como uma revolução, pensou Grigori: você poderia até começar uma, mas era impossível controlar o que seria dela.

Caris ne plaçait pas grande confiance dans les pouvoirs des os d'un saint mort depuis belle lurette pour guérir un homme dont la tête avait été fracassée aujourd'hui, mais elle s'abstint de le montrer, naturellement. Elle ne partageait pas les vues du commun des mortels. Le sachant, elle gardait les siennes par-devers elle. Enfin, le plus souvent.

Aliena shook her head. 'Not Sally. She's as lusty as anyone. She's just choosy.

The American papers, which had been available in Vladivostok, were more honest than the British. Lev

She was suddenly aware of her own skin: she could feel the roughness of her linen undershirt and the soft fur of her boots, and her nipples tingled as they pressed against his chest.

They have no tsar in America—no emperor or king of any kind. The army can't just shoot anyone they like. The people rule the country!" She

pero, sobre todo, la implacable determinación de su fiera mirada de ojos

Erik was one of those inadequate people who were so scared by life that they preferred to live under harsh authority, to be told what to do and what to think by a government that allowed no dissent. They were foolish and dangerous, but there were an awful lot of them. Carla

thought dismally. No doubt a more modest future awaited him.

If you start a witch hunt, you have to find some witches.

He said it in the half-embarrassed, half-defiant tone of someone admitting that he belongs to a religious sect. "You

todo el mundo tenía sus limitaciones.

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