# Fall of Giants ![[Assets/95bd9707ba3f97870f03101662cf9bd7_MD5.jpg]] ## Metadata - Author: [[Ken Follett]] - Full Title: Fall of Giants - Category: #books ## Highlights - “Billy might have done better to ask God to strengthen his faith, so that he can believe without understanding.” ([Location 1446](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0052RDHTM&location=1446)) - This was the library of a collector rather than a reader. ([Location 3396](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0052RDHTM&location=3396)) - “Our faith is about redemption and mercy, not about bottling things up and punishing people.” ([Location 4078](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0052RDHTM&location=4078)) - “Soldiers want to win wars, not avoid them.” ([Location 4431](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0052RDHTM&location=4431)) - wrong,” ([Location 4952](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0052RDHTM&location=4952)) - President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it.” ([Location 7006](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0052RDHTM&location=7006)) - Brave words came easily in the dark. Daylight might tell a different story. ([Location 10321](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0052RDHTM&location=10321)) - A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out. ([Location 12419](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0052RDHTM&location=12419)) ## New highlights added May 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM - “Zustand drohender Kriegsgefahr. Prepare for imminent war.” ([Location 4667](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0052RDHTM&location=4667))