Ken Follett Quotes

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

“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