Quotes by : Ellis Peters

But there are some born to do penance by nature. Maybe they lift the load for some of us who take it....

Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously....

Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)

Well, you can fairly claim the day hasn't been wasted,' owned Cadfael generously, 'if something's been....

Child, [death] is with us always,” said Cadfael, patient beside him. “Last summer ninety-five men....

The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.

When harried, we go as far as we dare, and with those we're sure of we dare go very far, knowing where....

The ugliness that man can do to man might cast a shadow between you and the certainty of the justice....

He prayed as he breathed, forming no words and making no specific requests, only holding his heart, like....

Truth like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil however deeply sown will make its way to the light.....