World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)

by Ken Follett

Gwenda knew that Jesus was telling her not to sin, or she would be tortured by demons; but humans frightened her more than demons.

All your life you’ve lived like a flea on the backs of hardworking people. And now you have the nerve to tell us that God provides.”

“Mankind is fallible, so we should not rely on our own reasoning. We cannot hope to understand the world—all we can do is stand amazed at God’s creation. True knowledge comes only from revelation. We should not question received wisdom.”

“Those who escape justice in this life will find it in the next.”

Everyone can make mistakes, he thought, but people who don’t learn from their mistakes just make the same ones again.

“I won’t forget you. I will always love you.” “But not enough.” She was silent for a long moment. It wasn’t like that, she knew. Her love was not weak or inadequate. It just presented her with impossible choices.