It was an odd thing to do, to stand in a street in the hope of seeing someone who hardly knew him, but he did not want to move.
Ken FollettTrusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.
Ken FollettThrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.
Ken Follett