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Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2) QUOTES

Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2) QUOTES

1 " In the dynamics of the main family of the story, a rising socialist in England's postwar government expects his grandparents to be pleased that the local aristocrat's garden is commandeered to allow the people to get coal underneath. Instead, the grandparents grieve because the garden represents something more than a resource to be divided. It is a symbol of community and beauty. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

2 " Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

3 " Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

4 " Most rich people have a gangster in their ancestry somewhere. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

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

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

6 " politicians often had the knack of seeming to know everyone intimately. Either they had remarkable memories, or their secretaries reminded them efficiently. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

7 " proselytizers, "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

8 " Erik was one of those inadequate people who were so scared by life that they preferred to live under harsh authority, to be told what to do and what to think by a government that allowed no dissent. They were foolish and dangerous, but there were an awful lot of them. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

9 " You don’t give up on democracy every time you lose a vote”, Ethel said crisply. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

10 " She had believed that love was something she could bestow upon whomever she liked, and that her main responsibility was to choose cleverly. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

11 " man thought he could fly, so he jumped off the top of a ten-story 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 , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

12 " He was looking forward to letting Joanne know, in a casual way, that he had read these books. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

13 " After the Battle of Midway it was clear that the Pacific war would be won by planes launched from ships. Both Japan and the United States began crash programs to build aircraft carriers as fast as possible. During 1943 and 1944, Japan produced seven of these huge, costly vessels. In the same period, the United States produced ninety. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

14 " If you don’t take an interest, then what happens is your fault. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

15 " There had been a wonderful atmosphere of liberation and camaraderie. The Russians hated it. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

16 " Why was it, Lloyd wondered, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave the national flag? "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

17 " And here's my advice to you. If you get the chance of the mad kind of love, grab it with both hands, and to hell with the consequences. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

18 " 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 , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

19 " Ethel said: "Lloyd, there's someone here you may remember-"
Daisy could not restrain herself. She ran to Lloyd and threw herself into his arms. She hugged him. She looked into his green eyes, then kissed his brown cheeks and his broken nose and then his mouth. "I love you, Lloyd," she sad madly. "I love you, I love you, I love you."
"I love you, too, Daisy," he said.
Behind her, Daisy heard Ethel's wry voice. "You do remember, I see. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)

20 " You’re a queer?”
“That’s exactly what I am. I didn’t choose to be.”
After a while Woody put his arm around Chuck’s shoulders.
“Well, what the hell,” he said. “At least you’re not a Republican. "

― Ken Follett , Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)