Ken Follett

“Philip looked incredulously at the tiny bundle in Johnny’s arms. He reached out a hand tentatively, and lifted a corner of the…

— Ken Follett

Nevertheless, the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one…

— Ken Follett

Culture clash is terrific drama.

— Ken Follett

One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me…

— Ken Follett

“An optimistic early-rising whore with red lips and red boots sauntered along, smiling hopefully at middle-aged men, but there were no takers…

— Ken Follett

Why was it, Lloyd wondered, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave…

— Ken Follett

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

— Ken Follett

It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught;…

— Ken Follett

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

— Ken Follett

“When there is no longer any possibility of running away, you realize how fiercely you can fight.”

— Ken Follett

“Today he had on a silver-gray tweed suit that matched his silver-streaked hair, and a bright blue tie the color of his…

— Ken Follett

“Agriculture is an honorable way to become poor”

— Ken Follett

“A waiter appeared, and Gus said: “Bring coffee for my guests, please, and a plate of ham sandwiches.” He deliberately did not…

— Ken Follett

“We will have to repent, in this generation, not merely for the hateful words and actions of bad people, but for the…

— Ken Follett

“You never get cheered for telling people the situation is not as simple as they think.”

— Ken Follett

“intuition should never be ignored.”

— Ken Follett

Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers.

— Ken Follett

It was an odd thing to do, to stand in a street in the hope of seeing someone who hardly knew him,…

— Ken Follett

“I loved it, couldn't stop reading, I learnt many more things of medieval time.”

— Ken Follett

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is…

— Ken Follett

“A German attack on Russia’s ally France would, in reality, be defensive—but the English talked as if Germany was trying to dominate…

— Ken Follett

“Pierre asked his confessor: “Is it a sin to marry someone you don’t love?” Father Moineau was a square-faced, heavyset priest in…

— Ken Follett

“von Ulrich’s magazine office; heard again the grating”

— Ken Follett

“What on earth is happening here in Germany?’ Maud said: ‘We were doing all right in the mid-twenties. We had a democratic…

— Ken Follett

“My stepfather, the builder, taught me how to perform certain operations in geometry: how to divide a line exactly in half, how…

— Ken Follett