Ken Follett

Proportion is the heart of beauty.

— Ken Follett

Hunger is the best seasoning.

— Ken Follett

“What don’t I know?”

— Ken Follett

“he had hated authoritarian religion”

— Ken Follett

“Fascists. They’re both evil.”

— Ken Follett

“Concision is the sister of talent.”

— Ken Follett

“The duck swallows the worm”

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Be a perfectionist.

— Ken Follett

He had been granted his life's wish-but conditionally.

— Ken Follett

Most of my stories have some basis in fact.

— Ken Follett

The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

— Ken Follett

“Even lords ought to follow the customs.”

— Ken Follett

“The small boys came early to the hanging.”

— Ken Follett

It was the most romantic plane ever made.

— Ken Follett

“If it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.”

— Ken Follett

A very good editor is almost a collaborator.

— Ken Follett

“They had all glossed over what was wrong and declined to acknowledge reality.”

— Ken Follett

With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century,…

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In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

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“It was the study hour. Most of the monks were reading. A few were meditating, an activity that was suspiciously similar to…

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“Did she go to Washington Redskins football games, or follow the Nats baseball team?”

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“How terrible, Jack thought, to be old and know that your life has been wasted.”

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“When people are perfectly polite, it usually means they don't really care. A little awkwardness is more sincere.”

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There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to…

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“They’re Americans when they win races, and when they get conscripted into the army,’ Dave said. ‘But they’re Negroes when they want…

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“He had heard that people who had the toes chopped off one foot could not stand up, but fell over constantly until…

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“At last it faded away, and the mushroom cloud began to disperse. Greg heard Frank Oppenheimer say: “It worked.” Oppie said: “Yes,…

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“people who were polite to his mistress. Lloyd George spoke to the group. “That German ship delivered the guns to Mexico after…

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“Two blades clashed, ringing like a bell. Like all small boys, Philip thought his father was invincible; and this was the moment…

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“What you’re doing is wrong,” he said. “I mean evil. To give up happiness like this is like throwing jewels into the…

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“They who live by the sword shall die by the sword. Jesus said, although that verse was not often quoted by the…

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“And what if Britain lost? There would be a financial crisis, unemployment, and destitution. Working-class men would take up Ethel’s father’s cry…

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“Such disappointments, betrayals and reconciliations were the stuff of married life, but she and Jack had gone through them before the wedding.…

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“They demanded tolerance, and the right to worship as they wished, but they were never satisfied with that, he thought with exasperation.…

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“I have to go into town," Hugh said as he put on a collar and tie. "Who's going to look after the…

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“Such talk makes you think of radiation like water in a pool: if it’s four feet high you’re safe, if it’s eight…

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“He was the worst kind of Christian, Philip realized: he embraced all of the negatives, enforced every proscription, insisted on all forms…

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“Nora was sitting up in bed, surrounded by lace pillows, sipping tea. Hugh perched on the edge of the bed and said:…

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“Despite being some of the most powerful people in the world, the top men in the Kremlin were scared of stepping out…

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“In the dynamics of the main family of the story, a rising socialist in England's postwar government expects his grandparents to be…

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