Everybody takes what they life from the teachings of the church, and ignores the parts that don't suit them.
("World Without End")
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When I'm writing a woman character, I don't think, 'What would a woman do?' I just think, 'What would this character do in this situation?'Ken Follett
His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.
Ken Follett
She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.
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It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught; an acclaimed healer who rejected medicine as practised by physicians; and a nun who made enthusiastic love to her man whenever she could get away with it. If I wanted a normal relationship, Merthin told himself, I should have picked a normal girl.
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Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn't wave it until you're about to put it to the test.
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My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.
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