Quotes By Author: ellis peters

“One century’s saint is the next century’s heretic … and one century’s heretic is the next century’s saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man.”

“I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.”

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

“Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.”

“Once, I remember, Father Abbot said that our purpose is justice, and with God lies the privilege of mercy. But even God, when he intends mercy, needs tools to his hand.”

“God, nevertheless, required a little help from men, and what he mostly got was hindrance.”

“The trouble with me, he thought unhappily, is that I have been about the world long enough to know that God’s plans for us, however infallibly good, may not take the form we expect and demand.”