Quotes from Ken Follett

Wilson cree que un presidente debe hacer frente a la opinión pública como un velero al viento: debe aprovecharse de ella, pero nunca directamente en contra de ella

Llevaba años hablando de desafiar a la autoridad del régimen, pero ese día lo estaba haciendo realidad

Alertés par le bruit des chevaux, les ouvriers relevèrent les yeux. Apercevant les hommes en armes, ils demeurèrent au fond de la carrière. Les ouvriers n'étaient jamais pressés d'entrer en contact avec les forces armées du seigneur.

Los biberones eran un lujo que escaseaba más que las grabadoras. —Gracias

The cross identified him as a Catholic: Protestants believed it was superstitious to wear one.

shall be the policy of this Nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.' I think those were his

y eso le hacía sentirse un hombre nuevo, una criatura diferente, un ave del cielo.

defensor de Jack.

Ralph's nostrils filled with a smell he loved: a mixture of sweating horses, wet dogs, leather, and blood. Ralph

S'infilò un vestito da tennis, lungo fino al ginocchio che si era cucita da sola accorciando l'orlo sfilacciato di un vecchio abito di sua madre. Non sarebbe andata a giocare a tennis, ma a ballare e il suo obiettivo era di sembrare americana. Si mise il rossetto e la cipria e si pettinò i capelli sciolti, sfidando la preferenza governativa per le trecce.

You can't tell what a tyrant is going to do," she said. "Uncertainty is one of their weapons. I've lived under the Nazis as well as the Communists. They're depressingly similar.

The war is the reason for that. Before, no woman ever rose above the level of secretary-assistant in MI6. We didn't have analytical minds, you see. We were more suited to homemaking and child-rearing. But since war broke out, women's brains have undergone a remarkable change, and we have become capable of work that previously could only be accomplished by the masculine mentality.

Mary was nothing if not bold

There he saw a woman. He recognised her. She smiled. His heart stood still.

Thousands of working-class men and peasants would be killed on both sides, and nothing would be achieved. It proved, to Grigori and everyone he knew, that the Russian nobility were too stupid to govern. Even

At dusk the hunter took his prey, The lark his freedom never. All birds and men are sure to die But songs may live forever.

A wine cellar requires order, forethought and good taste

A very good editor is almost a collaborator.

They was no need to dress formally just for me, but all the same I appreciate the gesture.

En allant à Glastonbury, il avait l'impression

This was worse than a Fascist march: it was a Fascist march with police authority. What kind of message did that send to the Jews of the East End?

people always credit Prime Ministers with more brains than they've got.

that the order of numbers in the

A Ned se le antojó una visión triste: una meretriz envejecida esforzándose al máximo por sacar partido a sus decrépitos encantos con tal de retener el afecto de un sacerdote viejo, corrupto y barrigudo. Algunas veces, Ned tenía la sensación de vivir en un mundo en descomposición.