Quotes from Ken Follett

Solo se permitía el lujo de sentirse triste unos pocos minutos cada noche antes de dormirse

L'eccesso di orgoglio è un peccato molto diffuso, ma un uomo può frustrare altrettanto facilmente il volere di Dio per eccesso di umiltà.

Lo hemos conseguido —pensó—. Hemos organizado una revolución.» «Hemos derrocado al zar.»

he had hated authoritarian religion

Now, Billy, remember that Jesus is always with you, even down the pit.

Ya no había representantes elegidos democráticamente, todos los diputados del Reichstag eran nazis. Tampoco había auténticos periodistas, solo aduladores serviles.

Nunca he confiado en los que proclaman su honestidad desde el púlpito de una iglesia —fue la respuesta de Edmund—. Ese tipo de personas con tan alto concepto de sí mismas siempre encuentran una excusa para violar sus propias reglas. Prefiero tener tratos con pecadores normales y corrientes; ésos al menos creen que al final les es más provechoso decir la verdad y cumplir sus promesas. Y es algo sobre lo que no suelen cambiar de opinión.

Un americano blanco puede orbitar alrededor de la Tierra, pero un americano negro no puede entrar en un lavabo.»

The invention of the pointed arch, he wrote, was a rare event in history, when the solution to a technical problem—how to build a taller church—was also sublimely beautiful.

Prior Godwyn came in to see the patients. He refused to wear the face mask, saying it was women's nonsense. He made the same diagnosis as before, overheated blood, and prescribed bleeding and a diet of sour apples and ram's tripe.

The first thing Hitler did was take over the press and make it subservient to the government. Lenin did the same." Jasper had drunk a few glasses of wine, and as a result he was a shade more candid. "America is free because it has disrespectful newspapers and television shows to expose and shame presidents who fuck the Constitution up the ass." He raised his glass. "Here's to the free press. Here's to disrespect. And God bless America.

Abbot Peter had come in to show him the way. Unarmed and defenseless, the abbot had instantly stopped the bloodshed, with nothing but the authority of his Church and the force of his goodness. That scene had inspired Philip all his life.

Nosotros creemos estar experimentando la austeridad, pero no conocemos el significado de la palabra.

thought, the world will never be quite the same.

El fundador de la religión cristiana también causó bastantes problemas.

I don't think it really matters whether parents are strict or lenient, as long as they're consistent. Kids can live with more or less any set of rules so long as they know what they are. It's arbitrary tyranny that gets them mixed up.

pilgrimages or crusades. Even a monk must

O lupt? pierdut?, o jachet? rupt? ?i b?t?i cu rigla la palm?: ?i-ar fi dorit acum asemenea probleme.

En los últimos tiempos evitaba las discusiones políticas con desconocidos; por lo general, siempre tenían respuestas fáciles para todo: enviar a todos los mexicanos a casa, reclutar a los Ángeles del Infierno para el ejército, castrar a los maricones Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Cuanto mayor era su ignorancia, más vehementes eran sus opiniones.

She was proud to have a son who could ask such a thoughtful and challenging question.

The easy problems get solved right away, so only the hard ones are left. That's why you should never believe a politician with simple answers.

When I was doing the research for Fall of Giants, I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted. No European leader on either side intended for it to happen. But the emperors and prime ministers, one by one, made decisions –logical, moderate decisions –each of which took us a small step closer to the most terrible conflict the world had ever known. I came to believe that it was all a tragic accident. And I wondered: Could that happen again?

I problemi facili si risolvono subito, per cui restano solo quelli difficili. È per questo che non devi mai credere a un politico che ha risposte facili.

Again and again the newspapers hailed a victory, but the telegrams told another story.