Quotes from Ken Follett

the château was a church said to date from the year 1000, and he went to look at it, but he had never really understood what people saw in old churches.

She had never experienced a passion that had changed her life, unless it had been the drive to make the world a better place.

Dinamarca es un país llano con un buen sistema de carreteras, por lo que resulta imposible de defender contra cualquier ejército motorizado.

But Wulfric's engaged to that Annet—who is much prettier." "Good looks aren't everything in a romance." "For which I thank God every day." She

This is the problem of having an empire. Riffraff from all over the world think they're part of it." The

Perhaps women covered their nakedness to make themselves more alluring, not less. Rosa Hellman

he wondered what was so wrong with the administration of the British Army that it could promote to lieutenant colonel a man as empty-headed as Reggie Bogge.

Fascism blames problems on a false cause—people of other races.

British soldiers were "lions led by donkeys.

He's a bad man to have as an enemy.

Ofrecer resistencia hubiera causado un derramamiento de sangre innecesario, y el resultado final no habría variado.

made no bones

Bogge made bad decisions because he was playing some other game, making himself look good or trying to be superior or something

dislikes the work of governing, but I'm fascinated by it." Aldred put in: "Women sometimes do it well. King Alfred of England had a daughter called Ethelfled

El socialismo significa libertad, incluso para los contrarrevolucionarios.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

No se puede amar a la humanidad. Solo se puede amar a las personas. GRAHAM GREENE

Prefieren un régimen de inactividad y una

who ruled the great region of Mercia after her husband died. She fortified towns and won battles.

In theory, the lord of the manor sat in judgment over his serfs. But Norman law—brought to England by invaders from France almost three centuries earlier—compelled lords to follow the customs of their predecessors; and in order to find out what those customs were, they had to formally consult twelve men of good standing in the village—a jury. So, in practice, the proceedings often became a negotiation between lord and villagers

adivinaba Elene.

Con la única diferencia de que entonces habríamos podido ir por el mundo con la cabeza bien alta, en vez de bajarla en señal de vergüenza

Una de las mejores cualidades de aquél era su habilidad para mantenerse callado cuando debía hacerlo.

Todos toman lo que les conviene de las enseñanzas de la Iglesia y dejan de lado aquello que no se adapta a su forma de vida.