Quotes About Ken Follett

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.

It seemed trivial. After the battlefield it was going to be difficult to take seriously some of the stuff people worried about in peacetime.

Next week I shall ask the Congress of the United States to act, to make a commitment it has not fully made this century, to the proposition that"—he had gone formal, but now he reverted to plain language—"race has no place in American life or law.

hundred million Europeans were living on fifteen hundred calories a day—the level at which health begins to suffer from malnutrition. As

Are you dating anyone?' 'Sally Dasilva.' 'The actress. I saw a picture of the two of you, arriving at some premiere, but I didn't know if it was serious.' It was not very serious. 'She's in LA, and we both work a lot. But we get a weekend together once in a while.' 'By the

No, thank you, it's nothing serious." A headache that was not serious was the usual euphemism for a menstrual period, and everyone accepted this without further comment.

The fires of frustration are burning in every city, north and south, where legal remedies are not at hand

sentiments which Feliks had already come to recognise as being characteristic of The Times, which would have described the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as strong rulers who could do nothing but good for the stability of the international situation.

I learned the meaning of the word bittersweet, the acid taste of loss and the honey of hope in one bright fruit.

I don't stoop to criticize you. I despise you. - Samuel Pilaster

his naval namesake. He spoke German as a

Sobre el escritorio se encontraba la máquina de escribir portátil, marca Underwood, que Woodrow Wilson utilizaba

C'est un bon artisan, laissa tomber sieur Gérald sur le ton qu'aurait pris un maquignon pour affirmer qu'en raison de leur petite taille, les poneys étaient les montures les mieux adaptées aux femmes.

A l'évidence, cette décision nécessitait une réflexion longue et attentive. Il la prit sur-le-champ. Il rentrerait en Angleterre.

Her dog, Skip, followed them, but Sim threw stones at him, and after one hit him full on the nose, he retreated with his tail between his legs. After

You made the bow, did you, little one?" the earl said, and his face showed disdain. "In that case, you shall be apprenticed to a carpenter.

Kent no hay aeropuerto. Hay uno en

My mother dislikes the work of governing, but I'm fascinated by it.

atacó a los bolcheviques, no por tener los ideales equivocados, sino por tener los ideales correctos pero ser incapaces de vivir de acuerdo con ellos.

all too familiar, he relived those few traumatic seconds at the wheel of Joe Henry's old black Framo van. He recalled his terror as he saw the border guard kneel down

había descolgado de la pared su póster favorito, una fotografía de un biplano Tiger Moth con los emblemas circulares de la RAF en sus alas.

The Wife's Lament.'" She turned to Aldred.

he wondered what was so wrong with the administration of the British Army that it could promote to lieutenant colonel a man as empty-headed as Reggie Bogge.