C.J. Sansom
We of alien looks or words must stick together.Collection: Community
Have you ever thought what a God would be like who actually ordained and executed the cruelty that is in [the biblical Book of Revelation]? A holocaust of mankind. Yet so many of these Bible-men accept the idea without a second thought.Collection: Book
In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.Collection: Men
Truly, as the ancients taught us, there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.Collection: Moon
But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all.Collection: Certain
If I knocked and waited at every door, who knows what I might miss?Collection: Life
Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely.Collection: Thank You
It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at times of difficulty and tension.Collection: Life
The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.Collection: Echoes
Dominion is a spy novel, a love story, and also I hope gives some sense of the difficulties faced by dissidents under any totalitarian regime: the threat of imprisonment, torture and death; the threat to one's family, the terror of being alone in a hostile world.Collection: Giving
The lives God gives to us, the awful things we can’t escape from. Sometimes I think that sort of God would enjoy making hell for us after we die.Collection: Thinking
Funny, when i was a little boy I wanted to be good. But I could never seem to manage it somehow. And if you're not good, the good people will throw you to the wolves. So you might as well just be badCollection: Boys