Quotes from Ken Follet

They talked like this all the time. There was no malice in it: they were just brutally frank with each other. They were brothers, so there was no need to be nice. ~~Winter of the World (having 3 sons, it's nice to know this dynamic is normal b/c I'm always telling them to, 'Talk nice to your brother!') :)

But what hope is there for the world, if a nation of penniless peasants can't try to climb up out of the mud without being crushed under the jackboot of Uncle Sam?

I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents' religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it.

One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

Man who betrayed you once would betray you twice.

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.