World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)

by Ken Follett

“The Bible does appear to sanction selling your daughter into slavery. The book of Exodus, chapter twenty-one.”

“There was a bishop who scattered acorns on the road wherever

he traveled, to protect him from lions,” Philippa said. “When they told him there were no lions in all England, he said: ‘It’s more effective than I thought.’”

Surely men of God should be more scrupulous about honesty than laymen, not less?

“Caput tuum in ano est.”

men of action rarely lived to be old.

feeling loved and adored; knowing there’s one person in the world who will always be on your side; getting into bed every night with someone strong and tender who wants to fuck you—that’s happiness, for me.”