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Category: Ken Follett

He was looking forward eagerly to seeing her again. He had coped perfectly well on his own, of course, but it was very reassuring to have someone in your life who was always ready to fight for you, and he had missed that comforting feeling,

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

attraction, beauty, uniqueness

Why is it that those who want to destroy everything good about their country are the quickest to waive the national flag?

jingoism, narrowmindedness, patriotism

the war taught me that nothing counts as much as loyalty” “Bullshit. you still haven’t learned that when humans are under pressure, we’re all willing to lie” “even to the people we care?” “we lie more to our loved ones, because we care about them so damn much. why do you think we tell the truth to priests and shrinks and total strangers we meet on trains? it’s because we don’t love them, so we don’t care what they think.

care, inspirational, lie, life, truth

When he thought about how he had been slighted, condescended to, manipulated and deceived, he became angry. Obedience was a monastic virtue, but outside the cloisters it had its drawbacks, he thought bitterly. The world of power and property demanded that a man be suspicious, demanding, and insistent.

greed, obedience

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.

Monks committed all the same sins that ordinary people did. He had just been shocked by the woman’s shamelessness. The sight of her nakedness remained with him, the way the hot heart of a candle flame, stared at for a few moments, would burn on behind closed eyelids.

And where are you going?” His voice was playfully challenging. “To get some breakfast,” she said without stopping.He leered. “I’ve got something for you to eat,” he called after her.”I might bite it off, though,” she said over her shoulder.

flirtation, flirting, lust

He had forgotten that God saw through the silk robes to the sinful heart, that the only wealth worth having was treasure in heaven, and that even the king had to kneel down in church. Feeling that everyone else was so much more powerful and sophisticated than he was, he had lost sight of his true values, suspended his critical faculties, and placed his trust in his superiors. His reward had been treachery.

christianity, faith, inspirational, religious

In the grounds of the château was a churchsaid to date from the year 1000, and he went to look at it, but he had never really understood what people saw in oldchurches.

In the grounds of the château was a church said to date from the year 1000, and he went to look at it, but he had never really understood what people saw in old churches.

Most rich people have a gangster in their ancestry somewhere.

entrepreneurship, redemption