Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)

by Ken Follett

Perhaps women covered their nakedness to make themselves more alluring, not less.

A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.

‘If you owe a hundred dollars, the bank has you in its power; but if you owe a million dollars, you have the bank in your power.’”