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I think there are two kinds of marriage, " Ethel said thoughtfully. "One is a comfortable partnership, where two people share the same hopes and fears, raise children as a team, and give each other comfort and help." She was talking about herself and Bernie, Daisy realized. "The other is a wild passion, madness and joy and sex, possibly with someone completely unsuitable, maybe someone you don't admire or don't even really like." She was thinking about her affair with Fitz, Daisy felt sure. She held her breath: she knew Ethel was now telling her the raw truth. "I've been lucky. I've had both, " Ethel said. "And here's my advice to you. If you get the chance of the mad kind of love, grab it with both hands, and to hell with the consequences.Ken Follett
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In the dynamics of the main family of the story, a rising socialist in England's postwar government expects his grandparents to be pleased that the local aristocrat's garden is commandeered to allow the people to get coal underneath. Instead, the grandparents grieve because the garden represents something more than a resource to be divided. It is a symbol of community and beauty.Ken Follett
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Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.Ken Follett
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Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed.Ken Follett
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Most rich people have a gangster in their ancestry somewhere.Ken Follett
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Why is it that those who want to destroy everything good about their country are the quickest to waive the national flag?Ken Follett
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Politicians often had the knack of seeming to know everyone intimately. Either they had remarkable memories, or their secretaries reminded them efficiently.Ken Follett