C.J. Sansom

Dominion is a spy novel, a love story, and also I hope gives some sense of the difficulties faced by dissidents under…

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“Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness.”

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We of alien looks or words must stick together.

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If I knocked and waited at every door, who knows what I might miss?

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“prior looked at each other with mutual distaste. ‘Mortifying yourself again, Jerome?”

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It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at…

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“... there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.”

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The lives God gives to us, the awful things we can’t escape from. Sometimes I think that sort of God would enjoy…

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Funny, when i was a little boy I wanted to be good. But I could never seem to manage it somehow. And…

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“I suppose we were drawn to each other because neither of us quite fitted in.”

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The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.

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“You untangle a knot with slow teasing, not sharp pulling, and believe me we have here a knot such as I have…

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“Whenever a party tells you national identity matters more than anything else in politics, that nationalism can sort out all the other…

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“Many [Tudor-era religious radicals] believed then, exactly as Christian fundamentalists do today, that they lived in the 'last days' before Armageddon and,…

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In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.

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“How men fear the chaos of the world, I thought, and the yawning eternity hereafter. So we build patterns to explain its…

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“I will see you in the Bedlam, displayed as a warning of what perverted religion can do!”

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“be needed.’ I looked at her. I sensed how much she wanted me to deal with this case. And if I could…

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Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely.

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“Around thrones the thunder rolls.”

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Have you ever thought what a God would be like who actually ordained and executed the cruelty that is in [the biblical…

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“...you should not insult yourself so, sir. Is there not enough suffering in the world?”

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“Then I am sorry for you, mistress," I said evenly. "But that has nothing to do to me. Do not dare to…

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“We used to think British people could never become Fascists, or Fascist collaborators. But they can. I suppose anybody can, given the…

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“You sound as fierce against sin as Harsnet.’ He grinned. ‘Only sins I don’t feel drawn to myself,’ he said with a…

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