Ken Follett Quotes

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Ken Follett
“Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn't wave it until you're about to put it to the test.”
Ken Follett, World Without End

Ken Follett
“After all, if you can't kill a man in front of God's face you probably shouldn't kill him at all.”
Ken Follett, A Column of Fire

Ken Follett
“I will marry a man who is clever and thoughtful and who wants his wife to be more than just the most senior of his servants.”
Ken Follett, A Column of Fire

Ken Follett
“Perhaps the savages will always be in control, Phillip said gloomily. Perhaps greed will always outweigh wisdom in the councils of the mighty; perhaps fear will always overcome compassion in the mind of a man with a sword in his hand.”
Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett
“I'm glad to see that the crusading spirit of your forebears hasn't been entirely obliterated by rock and roll.”
Ken Follett

Ken Follett
“O código de cavalaria não autorizava a nobreza francesa a ficar escondida atrás dos arqueiros mal nascidos, e aquela avançou para entrar em confronto com os cavaleiros ingleses – abdicando assim dos benefícios que a posição em que se encontravam lhes conferia.”
Ken Follett, Um Mundo Sem Fim, Volume II

Ken Follett
“Não sabia explicar o motivo por que, com tanta frequência, Deus levava as melhores pessoas e deixava as más vivas para continuarem a praticar o mal. Em momentos como aquele, a ideia de uma divindade benevolente encarregada de zelar pelo bem de todos perdia qualquer espécie de credibilidade.”
Ken Follett, Um Mundo Sem Fim, Volume II