Quotes from Ken Follett

Aldred was not shocked. He continued the discussion without pause. "On the other hand," he said, "your peasants are serfs, who need the permission of their lord to marry, change their way of making a living, or move to another

They were part of an international community of scholars .... There was an atmosphere of feverish excitement among them as they discovered and explored the treasure-house of Arab learning, and they had casually welcomed Jack as a student: they admitted into their circle anyone who understood what they were doing and shared their enthusiasm for it.

Obama said: "It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled—Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals, or a collection of red states and blue states: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

Coming to Glastonbury was like visiting the grave of his youth.

Pero entonces siempre hay una excusa para que la élite tenga sus privilegios especiales.

Când ai pierdut totul, nu mai ai nimic de pierdut.

Aye. But right and wrong don't count much in this world—only in the next.

got three more sons." "Then they're fools, whoever they are," said Ragna. "The loss of a child is a terrible grief to a mother, and it makes no difference how many more you may have." Tears fell on Ellen's wind-reddened cheeks, and she reached out a hand. Ragna took it and squeezed

Cider from Saint-Martin is stronger than most, by the grace of God and good husbandry.

presidente más que Nixon podría haber sido tan arrogante y estúpido.

Los verdaderos fascistas quieren aniquilar a todos sus enemigos y luego crear una sociedad radicalmente nueva.

from her training, that

They loved violence; they would run miles to see bloodshed; and they never missed a hanging.

You know you're winning in politics, when your opponents steal your ideas.

Pensaba en él todos los días. Su

alegró de estar tan ocupado.

pusillanimously

He had to learn that those who treated him in a hostile way did so out of weakness. He saw the hostility and reacted angrily, instead of seeing the weakness and givin reassurance

Exactly. What about Rhodesia, and Barbados, and India? We can't be expected to ask the natives' permission before we civilize them.

In principio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum.

Nuestra fe habla de redención y piedad, no de guardarse las cosas dentro y castigar a los demás.

George shrugged and said no more. Nowadays he avoided political discussions with outsiders. They usually had easy answers: send all the Mexicans home, put Hells Angels in the army, castrate the queers. The greater their ignorance, the stronger their opinions.

criminality was particularly horrifying in a president who had campaigned on a law-and-order ticket.

aurem cordis, the ear of the heart.