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

Ken Follett


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The Führer's judgement will be proved right - again.'
'Of course it will, Erik.'
'He has never yet been wrong!'
'A man thought he could fly, so he jumped off the top of a ten-storey building, and as he fell past the fifth floor, flapping his arms uselessly in the air, he was heard to say: So far, so good!

Ken Follett

Tag: dr-weiss erik-von-ulrich



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Philip looked incredulously at the tiny bundle in Johnny’s arms. He reached out a hand tentatively, and lifted a corner of the blanket. He saw a wrinkled pink face, an open toothless mouth and a little bald head—a miniature of an aging monk.

Ken Follett

Tag: babies aging



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One of the monks was doing something incomprehensible at the altar, and the others would occasionally chant a few phrases of mumbo jumbo.

Ken Follett

Tag: religion incomprehensible



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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 when he learned the truth.

Ken Follett

Tag: perception boy battle father



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She was dressed in white, and her tunic had amazing flared sleeves which trailed on the ground behind her as she glided down the stairs. Her hair was a mass of dark curls tumbling around her face, and she had dark, dark eyes. Jack realized that this was what the chansons meant when they referred to a beautiful princess in a castle. No wonder the knights all wept when the princess died.

Ken Follett

Tag: beauty affection princess



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She was unique: there was something abnormal about her, and it was that abnormal something that made her magnetic.

Ken Follett

Tag: beauty uniqueness attraction



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Hard work should be rewarded by good food.

Ken Follett

Tag: food work reward



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He was seething inside with a new emotion. Nothing seemed very important anymore except the Princess. He was single-minded about her. He was enchanted. He was possessed. He was in love.

Ken Follett

Tag: being-in-love



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A chill December morning dawned, with rags and tatters of mist hanging on the trees like poor people’s washing.

Ken Follett

Tag: metaphor beautiful



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