Ken Follett

Pilares de la Tierra

This was the essence of a building, for it had a roof to keep the rain off and two walls to hold up the roof. 

A church was just a tunnel, with refinements.

That was not the end of the problems, but it was the beginning of solutions.

I‘m enjoying this POV so much more than I expected to. William is a questionable, but entertaining character. 

Who would have thought that torturing people could be so difficult?

‘I’d rather die than marry you, you loathsome, puffed-up toad!’

He knew he would never feel as safe again. 

Now that he knew about hunger, and cold, and danger, and desperation, he would always be afraid of them.

‘Don’t look so sad,’ she said. Her eyes were full of tears. 

‘I can’t help it,’ he said. ‘I am sad.’ 

‘I’m sorry I’ve made you so unhappy.’ 

‘Don’t be sorry for that. Be sorry that you made me so happy. 

That’s what hurts, woman. That you made me so happy

Why did people manufacture trouble when there was already so much of it in the world?

The most expensive part of a building is the mistakes.