World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)

by Ken Follett

Even Petranilla had allowed her life to be shaped by men.

Her strongest emotion was resentment:

“Listen. St. Luke’s Gospel says: ‘He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none.’ How do you think the bishop of Shiring reconciles that with his chest full of robes? Everybody takes what they like from the teachings of the church, and ignores the parts that don’t suit them.”