If I knocked and waited at every door, who knows what I might miss? C.J. Sansom More Quotes by C.J. Sansom More Quotes From C.J. Sansom We of alien looks or words must stick together. C.J. Sansom communitytogetherlooks 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. C.J. Sansom biblicalmenbook Truly, as the ancients taught us, there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption. C.J. Sansom taught-uscorruptionmoon Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely. C.J. Sansom gratitudelawyerthank-you In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing. C.J. Sansom healthyworshipmen But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all. C.J. Sansom puremotivecertain 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. C.J. Sansom spystoriesgiving 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. C.J. Sansom doelifepeople 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. C.J. Sansom awfulgivingthinking 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 bad C.J. Sansom littlesboyspeople The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way. C.J. Sansom childhoodechoesmind
