Quotes from Ken Follett

Life was empty but for the two hours she spent with Lloyd each evening. The rest of the day was anticipation; the night was recollection. Lloyd

La cathédrale, quant à elle, ressemblait à un chêne au milieu d'un champ d'orties.

It was stupid, but people needed someone to hate

Nothing is too ridiculous for modern politics.

You made the bow, did you, little one?" the earl said, and his face showed disdain. "In that case, you shall be apprenticed to a carpenter.

It was ten years since Gwenda had picked Skip out of a litter of mongrel puppies, on the floor of Caris's bedroom in the wool merchant's big house, the day Caris's mother died.

In dog philosophy it was always better to go somewhere than to be left behind

My fate is in the hands of two monarchs, Walter thought, the tsar and the emperor. One is foolish, the other geriatric; yet they control the destiny of Maud and me and countless millions more Europeans. What an argument against monarchy! He

But many working-class Americans feel that integration is being shoved down their throats by Washington do-gooders such as all of us in this room.

Edgar understood numbers, and he could not let that pass. "Wasn't Jesus born in the year one?" he said. "He was," said Degbert. He added snootily: "Every educated man knows that." "Then he must have had his first birthday in year two." Degbert began to look unsure.

It was very sad that Peter should be like this, Philip thought. The man was dedicated to God's work and he had a fine mind and great strength of purpose. But he seemed to have a compelling need to feel special and be noticed by others all the time; this drove him to create scenes.

Better to suffer evil than stand by and do nothing.

Changing your beliefs with every change of monarch was called 'policy', and people who did it were 'politicians'.

got elected by promising law and order. The blatant hypocrisy of it all makes us kind of furious.

War is not a picnic," Mawhinney said angrily. "If we avoid war, we can carry on having picnics.

Early July 997

and Wilson was looking for a pretext to unseat him. Gus was thrilled that a world leader would say it was not acceptable for men to achieve power through murder. Would there come a day when that principle was accepted by all nations? The

Waleran was suddenly brusque again, and the contrast with his previous manner made Philip realize that his amiability could be put on and taken off like a coat.

George did not press Joe. He was scared enough himself. If he started to discuss the dangers he might talk himself out of going. He looked around the group. He was pleased to see John Lewis, a quietly impressive theology student who was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the most radical of the civil rights groups.

no se pesca la herejía de la gente como quien pesca piojos.

The Cathedral Builders by Jean Gimpel.

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing that you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically

He wanted to work in politics, like his parents, and make his country a better place for people such as the Aberowen coal miners. For that he needed political meetings where people could speak their minds, and newspapers that could attack the government, and pubs where men could have arguments without looking over their shoulders to see who was listening. Fascism

Grout, o mordomo, serviu-lhe café com as mãos enluvadas e ela apanhou um pêssego em uma fruteira.