Quotes from Ken Follett

la guerra había hecho aflorar toda su fortaleza y su coraje

Los miembros de esta generación tendremos que lamentarnos no solo por las palabras y los actos odiosos de las malas personas, sino por los clamorosos silencios de las buenas —

When there is fighting in the streets, they can claim that public order has broken down, and drastic measures are needed to restore the rule of law.

You know what Stanley Baldwin said about Churchill?" Baldwin, a Conservative, had been prime minister before Chamberlain. "When Winston was born, lots of fairies swooped down on his cradle with gifts—imagination, eloquence, industry, ability—and then came a fairy who said: 'No person has a right to so many gifts,' picked him up, and gave him such a shake and a twist that he was denied judgment and wisdom.

And that was the problem, George reflected bitterly. People hated disorder. Press coverage had blamed the Riders for stirring up trouble, not the segregationists with their baseball bats and their bombs. It drove him mad with frustration: did no one in America think about what was right?

spectacles at Willow. "If we cooperate with these people, they—or someone else—could try the same stunt again." The mild, quiet voice of John Dixon cut in. "I don't think so, Ramsey. We're all going to be a lot more careful from now on—especially about provenances. This is the kind of trick you

peaceful men and women whose only crime is to disagree with the government. Does this sound fantastic to you, unlikely, something that could never happen? Well, they used exactly those tactics in Germany—and it worked.

It was an amputation. I would never get back the part of me that vanished when Sylvie died. I knew the feeling of a man who tries to walk having lost a leg. I would never shake off the sense that something should be there, where the missing limb had always been. There was a hole in my life, a great gaping cavity that could never be filled.

Until you had a child, you did not understand how much they had to learn.

He felt a bit like the von Ulrich house looked, battered and bombed and shot at but still standing.

Y admite que deberá discriminar a los árabes en favor de los judíos, pero da la casualidad de que el fascismo es la combinación del militarismo y el racismo, precisamente aquello contra lo que usted lucha.

La discussion du jour porterait assurément sur la politique. Anthony était revenu la veille d'un séjour de deux semaines à Gloucester où il avait assisté à l'inhumation du roi Edouard II, qui avait perdu son trône au mois de janvier, puis la vie en septembre.

La paz, la justicia, la prosperidad. Cosas difíciles de lograr

Fortunately, even Russians could not spoil vodka, and there was plenty of that.

Many of the men in authority in the Soviet Union were careless, lazy, drunk, and just plain stupid. They misunderstood their instructions, they forgot, they approached challenging tasks halfheartedly and then gave up, and sometimes they just decided they knew better. Reasoning with them was useless; charm was worse. Being nice to them made them think you were a fool who could be ignored.

La capacidad de escuchar a gente inteligente que no está de acuerdo contigo es un talento difícil de encontrar…

El delito es la ruptura de una regla social importante. Los animales solitarios no tienen reglas. Un oso invadirá la cueva de otro oso, robará su alimento y matará a sus oseznos. Los lobos no hacen esas cosas; si las hicieran, no vivirían en manadas. Los lobos son monógamos, unos cuidan los cachorros de los otros y respetan el espacio particular ajeno. Si un individuo quebranta las reglas, lo castigan; si reincide, lo expulsan de la manada o lo condenan a muerte.

It was the most romantic plane ever made.

Men and women have different dreams.' She lifted her head, looked at him and touched his face. 'And when you put them together, you have a life.' she kissed his mouth

si debes cien dólares, el banco te tiene en su poder; pero si debes un millón, eres tú quien tienes en tu poder al banco.

However, their affection for each other had proved strong enough to survive their differences—so far.

Todos los hombres cometen errores», dijo el filósofo griego Sófocles.

Nos enfrentaremos a todas las dificultades juntos y resolveremos todos nuestros problemas juntos.

aspergillum with which he was sprinkling the holy