Quotes from Ken Follett

But you need love," he said. She groaned inwardly.

It was a fine morning. On the car radio, station KGMB was playing hymns. The

down, looking hurt. "Thank you

annoyed about this. "But the Lords exist to scrutinize the decisions of the Commons, and to curb their excesses.

El comunismo es una misión sagrada. Está por encima de todo lo demás, incluso de nuestros lazos familiares y nuestra propia seguridad personal».

That high-minded type can always find an excuse for breaking his own rules. I'd rather do business with an everyday sinner who thinks it's probably to his advantage, in the long run, to tell the truth and keep his promises.

he was still in love four months later. But she preferred his brother. Why? It had nothing to do with looks. The

I'm not normally a forgiving man. He turned his icy gaze on William again for a moment, then looked back at Father. But I don't bear a grudge when it's against my interest.

the trees Lloyd could see flames shooting skyward. "It's a big fire," he said.

Most of all, she thought bitterly, she had learned that love is not to be trusted. She

Recklessly, he decided to tell the real truth. "Because it will be beautiful," he said.

you don't love your family because they're kind and considerate. You love them because they're your family.

The cloud layer was moving on, and the sinking sun was visible behind its trailing edge out across the sea.

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.

pero lo sobrellevaba con paciencia y estoicismo.

I've never told anyone about that letter," he said quietly. "I know," Thomas replied. "If you had, you'd be dead.

Por favor, señor, ¿es el rey de Inglaterra? El empleado sonrió. —No, amigo, solo es el conde de Walden.

Sueño que un día esta nación se alzará y vivirá de acuerdo con el verdadero sentido de su credo: «Sostenemos

PreoÈ›ii deÈ›ineau o putere care nu era întodeauna egalat? de cunoÈ™tinÈ›ele pe care le aveau.

Walter marvelled anew at the indecent amount

Bishop Waleran's words sounded again in his mind: This is what comes of your damned arrogance, Philip. The accusation cut him to the quick because he thought it might be true. He was always pushing for more, better, faster. ... In each case the result had been tragedy.... Clearly ambition was to blame. Monks did better to live a life of resignation, accepting the tribulations and setbacks of this world as lessons in patience, taught by the Almighty.

O s? înveÈ›i în timp c? oamenii puternici nu dau niciodat? dovad? de recunoÈ™tin??. Orice-ar primi consider? c? li se cuvine.

Ya he visto esa misma reacción otras veces: hombres que odian a las personas a quienes han tratado de forma injusta, por paradójico que pueda parecer. Creo que eso se debe a que la víctima es un recordatorio perpetuo de su comportamiento vergonzoso.

Un hombre creyó que podía volar, así que saltó de la azotea de un edificio de diez plantas