Quotes from Ken Follett

This is a hard place. Only hard things survive here: hard rock, coarse grass, tough sheep, savage birds, sturdy houses and strong men. It is for places like this that the word "bleak" has been invented.

Grigori não conseguiu se forçar a acenar de volta. Virou as costas e foi embora.

Then the Nazis offer them hope, and they ask themselves: What have I got to lose?

No doubt a serious spy would pretend to have no interest in politics, or even to be a Republican.

I'm allowed to sit in on the lessons

all too familiar, he relived those few traumatic seconds at the wheel of Joe Henry's old black Framo van. He recalled his terror as he saw the border guard kneel down

Zustand drohender Kriegsgefahr. Prepare for imminent war.

He needs an overall majority to turn Germany into the brutal dictatorship he wants." "Will he get it?" Ethel asked. "No," said Walter. "Yes," said Maud. Walter said: "I don't believe the German people will ever actually vote for a dictatorship.

El 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.

Même les gens les plus impitoyables ont parfois des scrupules.

había descolgado de la pared su póster favorito, una fotografía de un biplano Tiger Moth con los emblemas circulares de la RAF en sus alas.

N'importe quel imbécile peut se lancer dans une bagarre, mais le sage sait les éviter.

Un enfant, c'est comme une révolution ; on le met en route, mais on ne sait pas ce que ça va donner.

Ya lo ves, todo cuanto amaba me fue arrebatado —dijo con frialdad—. Cuando uno lo ha perdido todo… —Empezaba a desmoronarse, pero se esforzó por continuar—. Cuando uno lo ha perdido todo, ya no le queda nada más que perder.

Maud ficou radiante por ter ganhado um dólar, que valia cerca de um trilhão de marcos.

His father had often said that you had to build the entire boat in your imagination before picking up the first piece of timber.

Aquella llegada a Glastonbury era como visitar la tumba de su juventud.

Somehow—and Jasper could not figure out how this trick had been worked—people who challenged the president and caught him out cheating and lying were no longer heroes, as they had been in the seventies, but instead were considered disloyal and even anti-American.

Matar a un ruiseñor

La dualidad importante era entre tiranía y tolerancia, entre quienes intentaban imponer su punto de vista a todo el mundo y quienes respetaban la fe de aquellos que no estaban de acuerdo

La classe ouvrière est beaucoup plus nombreuse que la classe dirigeante, et plus forte. Ces gens là dépendent entièrement de nous. C'est nous qui produisons leur nourriture, qui construisons leurs maisons, qui fabriquons leurs vêtements. Sans nous, ils sont morts. Ils ne peuvent pas se permettre n'importe quoi, sauf si nous les laissons faire. N'oublie jamais ça.

Orice prost poate s? intre într-o b?taie, dar numai un înÈ›elept È™tie cum s? se fereasc? de ele.

Not my usual role,' she said

hasta que el asunto se haya aclarado.