Quotes from Ken Follett

Sin embargo, no había pensado en las consecuencias; en lugar de eso, había vivido el momento tal como debería hacer todo el mundo.

All that's best of dark and bright.'

vieron cómo, hora tras hora, el mundo se iba acercando cada vez más al borde del desastre.

wanted to see you again.

She had always taught her sons that information could make a man's fortune—or save him from ruin.

To his consternation, her nearness made him slightly out of breath.

?i am aflat c? exist? hot?râri dificile È™i c?, uneori, nu avem cum s? È™tim ce e bine È™i ce e r?u de f?cut.

Como siempre, su madre había adivinado lo que en realidad sentía.

dark-skinned Algerian troops marching across the city from one railway station to another. Their officers rode mules and wore bright red cloaks. As they passed, women gave them flowers and fruit, and café proprietors brought them cold drinks. When

Beautiful, resourceful, and formidable

She had always had this ability to make him revise his attitudes, he recalled. It was an uncomfortable process, but she was often right.

Como se suele decir: una mentira da media vuelta al mundo mientras la verdad aún se está calzando

The war was won by men like us, ordinary men, uneducated but not stupid. Fall of Giants.

And the weakness of our policy is that every time we impose economic sanctions, to punish the Japanese for their aggression, it only reinforces their feeling that they've got to be self-sufficient.

El doctor Weiss, que tenía un amigo en los servicios secretos del ejército, afirmaba que había 110.000 alemanes defendiendo Berlín contra un millón de soviéticos. Con su habitual sarcasmo, dijo: «Pero tenemos la moral alta, y Adolf Hitler es el mayor genio de nuestra historia militar, así que estamos seguros de que ganaremos».

Although she was a martinet, tough on discipline, she gave her deputies room to make their own decisions. She

Creo que lo que hago se convierte en parte de mí, cuando soy valiente y fuerte, y cuidando de los niños, los enfermos y los pobres me convierto en mejor persona. Y cuando soy cruel, o cobarde o cuento mentiras, me convierto en alguien menos digno y no puedo respetarme a mí misma. Ésa es la retribución divina en la que creo.

The plague was not just a physical sickness, she was beginning to realize. Ismay had escaped the disease, but her soul had been in peril.

Protesters can have a big impact, but in the end it's governments that reshape the world

El anarquismo es la creencia de que nadie está legitimado para gobernar.

la Iglesia católica era conservadora en todo, rápida a la hora de condenar las ideas nuevas y lenta con respecto a los cambios.

What don't I know?

If I should die and my soul gets lost, it's nobody's fault but mine." Everybody was responsible.

When he had read the papers, Gus loosened his tie and napped on the couch in the study next to the Oval Office.