Ken Follett
Ken Follett
Kenneth Martin "Ken" Follettis a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 150 million copies of his works. Many of his books have reached number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, including Edge of Eternity, Fall of Giants, The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple, Winter of the World, and World Without End...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 June 1949
book past feelings
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.
I imagined it. I wrote it. But I guess I never thought I'd see it.
real fiction connections
There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction.
new-york people waiting
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.
love-you lions rage
She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'...
men ducks devil
The duck swallows the worm, the fox kills the duck, the men shoot the fox, and the devil hunts the men.
heart proportion
Proportion is the heart of beauty.
demand lessons stories
But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us.
hard-work good-food should
Hard work should be rewarded by good food.
lost-everything nothing-to-lose lost
When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.
want firsts harvest
you should first follow the plow if you want to dance the harvest jig.
attitude kindness mistake
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.
blow wind one-direction
President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it.
hands water littles
Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.