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• I’ve worked with volunteers before,” he began. “It’s important not to… not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they are laboring to obtain a heavenly reward, and should therefore work harder than they would for money; but they don’t necessarily take that attitude. They feel they’re working for nothing, and doing a great kindness to us thereby; and if we seem ungrateful they will work slowly and make mistakes. It will be best to rule them with a light touch.

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  Kindness, Attitude, Mistake

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.395, Penguin

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• Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be safely shelved.

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  Worry, Problem, Theological

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.866, Penguin

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• To someone standing in the nave, looking down the length of the church toward the east, the round window would seem like a huge sun exploding into innumerable shards of gorgeous color.

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  Color, Church, Sun

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.894, Penguin

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• We’re all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn’t count. It’s when you want so badly to do something wrong—when you’re about to make a fortune from a dishonest deal, or kiss the lovely lips of your neighbor’s wife, or tell a lie to get yourself out of terrible trouble—that’s when you need the rules. 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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  Integrity, Lying, Kissing

  Ken Follett (2011). “Ken Follett EPIC HISTORICAL COLLECTION”, p.2432, Penguin

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• Nevertheless, the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one thing led to another, and the world was not a boundless mystery, but a finite thing that could be comprehended.

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  Book, Past, Feelings

  Ken Follett (2008). “The Pillars of the Earth: TV Tie-in”, p.531, Pan Macmillan

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• I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back.

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  New York, People, Waiting

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• Why did people manufacture trouble when there was already so much of it in the world?

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  People, World, Trouble

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.352, Penguin

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

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  People, Giving, Stuff

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• There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction.

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  Real, Connections, Fiction

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• After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great.

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  Editors, People, Certain

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• I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.

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  Stories, Want, Next

  "Edge of Eternity : A Talk With Ken Follett". Interview with Mark Rubinstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 17, 2014.

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• In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

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  Weakness, Ruthlessness, Defeated

  Ken Follett (2011). “Ken Follett EPIC HISTORICAL COLLECTION”, p.1448, Penguin

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• The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

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  Literary Genre, Century, Thrillers

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• What news? There's nothing to tell. I'm a nun.

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  News, Nun

  Ken Follett (2008). “World Without End”, p.639, Pan Macmillan

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• Everybody takes what they life from the teachings of the church, and ignores the parts that don't suit them.

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  Teaching, Church, Suits

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• The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

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  Book, Swag, Research

  Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. December 15, 2000.

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• World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine writers will continue to get stories from it, and readers will continue to love them, for many more years.

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  War, Drama, Years

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• I might not be a good socialist, any more than I'm a good Christian, but I am one.

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  Christian, Might, Good Christian

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• James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

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  Ties, Serious, Drink

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• A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.

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  Baby, Revolution, Turns

  Ken Follett (2011). “Fall of Giants: Enhanced Edition”, p.627, Pan Macmillan

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• An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.

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  Fear, Writing, Credit

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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?

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  Writing, Character, Thinking

  "He's a Dylan freak who 'never liked danger'" by David Bowman, www.cnn.com.

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• She looked at his young face, so full of concern and tenderness; and she remembered why she had run away from everyone else and sought solitude here. She yearned to kiss him, and she saw the answering longing in his eyes. Every fiber of her body told her to throw herself into his arms, but she knew what she had to do. She wanted to say, I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage; but instead she said: "I think I'm going to marry Alfred.

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  Running, Love You, Eye

  KEN FOLLETT (1989). “THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH”

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• His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.

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  Glory, Aim, Glory Of God

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.128, Penguin

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• The boundary between philosophy and fiction is not as clear cut as you may think and the two definitely interact.

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  Philosophy, Cutting, Thinking

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