Quotes from The Key to Rebecca

Ken Follett ·  352 pages

Rating: (21.4K votes)


“Rommel could smell the sea. At Torbruk the heat and the dust and flies were as bad as they had been in the desert, but it was all made bearable by that occasional whiff of salty dampness in the faint breeze.”
― Ken Follett, quote from The Key to Rebecca


“Ishmael was looking at him through narrowed eyes. “This is very important to you, this box.”
“It’s important to the world.”

Ishmael said: “The sun rises, and the sun sets. Sometimes it rains. We live, then we die.” He shrugged.

He would never understand, Wolff thought; but others would.”
― Ken Follett, quote from The Key to Rebecca


“Nuestro espía de El Cairo es el más grande de todos los héroes.   ERWIN ROMMEL, septiembre de 1942”
― Ken Follett, quote from The Key to Rebecca


“again and opened the other. “This is my financing.”
― Ken Follett, quote from The Key to Rebecca


About the author

Ken Follett
Born place: in Cardiff, The United Kingdom
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“I had recently read that 3.7 million Americans, according to a Gallup poll, believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me."

--On his move back to America after living in England for twenty years.”
― Bill Bryson, quote from Notes from a Small Island


“She might be curt and ungrateful, but by God she could bake.”
― Eowyn Ivey, quote from The Snow Child


“You spent the night in the Prince of Vere’s rooms.’ ‘I spent ten minutes in his rooms. If you think I fucked him in that time you underrate me.’ Nikandros didn’t move his horse out of the way.”
― C.S. Pacat, quote from Kings Rising


“Funyuns make you fart," Caspian said, and I explode in laughter. "Funyuns give you bad breath too. Not very attractive to the ladies." He paused. "On second thought, enjoy your Funyuns, Ben!”
― Jessica Verday, quote from The Haunted


“Pain was as much a part of life as breathing.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from Knife of Dreams


Interesting books

Goodbye Tsugumi
(6.7K)
Goodbye Tsugumi
by Banana Yoshimoto
The Orphan Queen
(11.7K)
The Orphan Queen
by Jodi Meadows
Thanks for the Trouble
(3.2K)
Thanks for the Troub...
by Tommy Wallach
Judas Unchained
(26K)
Judas Unchained
by Peter F. Hamilton
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
(42.9K)
Friday Night Lights:...
by H.G. Bissinger
Princess Mia
(20.4K)
Princess Mia
by Meg Cabot

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.