The Evening and the Morning Quotes

“In dog philosophy it was always better to go somewhere than to be left behind.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Edgar’s family believed in plans. His father had often said that you had to build the entire boat in your imagination before picking up the first piece of timber.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Ma and Pa had taught their sons to keep themselves fresh by bathing at least once a year.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“And so, Aldred thought, great ones sin with impunity while lesser men are brutally chastised.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“a wrongdoer found out could often be morally indignant, as if the discovery was the offence, rather than the original transgression.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“You could spoil anything by worrying too much.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Count”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Dios rompió el molde contigo,”
― Ken Follett, Las tinieblas y el alba

“In dog philosophy it is always better to go somewhere than to be left behind.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“And that would be sufficient, if we lived in a world that was ruled by laws.” Aldred sat on a stool, leaned forward, and spoke quietly. “But the man matters more than the law, as you know.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“there would never be time for him and Sunni to grow accustomed to each other, to fall into routines, to take each other for granted;”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“She felt guilty. “I’m sorry.” “Why?” “That you waited so long. Five years.” “I’d have waited ten.” Tears came to her eyes. “I don’t deserve such love.” “Yes”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“It was amazing how much idiocy could be passed off as men’s drunken humor.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“There are no innocent mistakes.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Ragna found that the women behaved badly when their men could not see them. They squabbled”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“You sound as if you’re talking about war”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Ragna did not know much about men”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“She had her answer ready. “I’d offer him something in return.” “Is he so mercenary? I thought he would help us from fellow feeling.” She shrugged. “You’re in a negotiation. Most treaties involve an exchange of benefits.” His interest was heightened. “Perhaps I should think about that—giving your father some incentive for doing what I ask.” “It’s worth a try.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Midsummer”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Wilfwulf”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Because it’s the first Sunday after the first full moon after the twenty-first day of March”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“catamites.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Degbert and his crew seemed to cast a shadow over everything Aldred did. Aldred was willing to break his vow of obedience if he could put an end to the minster.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Don’t you know about the great princess Ethelfled, the daughter of King Alfred and lord of all Mercia?” she said.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“the ceremony had gone smoothly, except for Wigelm’s strange intervention. Ithamar was now writing the names of the witnesses to the marriage, starting with Wilf himself, and followed by all the important people there: Wynstan, Osmund, Degbert, and Sheriff Denewald. It”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Grants of territory such as this were the everyday currency of politics in Normandy as well as England. The sovereign gave lands to the great noblemen, who in turned parceled them out to lesser rulers—called thanes in England, knights in Normandy—thereby creating a web of people who were loyal because they had gained wealth and hoped for more.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“west wind”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Your father was a rock. He meant what he said and he did what he promised. He loved me, and he loved you three, and that didn’t change in more than twenty years. He wasn’t handsome, and sometimes he wasn’t even good-tempered, but I trusted him utterly, and he never let me down.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“am Mildred.” She pointed out the boys, eldest to youngest. “My sons are Erman, Eadbald, and Edgar.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning

“Count Hubert was proud of many things. He cherished his warlike Viking heritage, but he was more gratified by the way the Vikings had become Normans, with their own version of the French language.”
― Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning