Dominion is a spy novel, a love story, and also I hope gives some sense of the difficulties faced by dissidents under any totalitarian… — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
“prior looked at each other with mutual distaste. ‘Mortifying yourself again, Jerome?” — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at times of… — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
“... there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.” — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
The lives God gives to us, the awful things we can’t escape from. Sometimes I think that sort of God would enjoy making hell… — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
Funny, when i was a little boy I wanted to be good. But I could never seem to manage it somehow. And if you're… — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
“I suppose we were drawn to each other because neither of us quite fitted in.” — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way. — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
“You untangle a knot with slow teasing, not sharp pulling, and believe me we have here a knot such as I have never seen.… — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
“Whenever a party tells you national identity matters more than anything else in politics, that nationalism can sort out all the other problems, then… — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
“Many [Tudor-era religious radicals] believed then, exactly as Christian fundamentalists do today, that they lived in the 'last days' before Armageddon and, again just… — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing. — C.J. Sansom Copy Share
