Ellis Peters Quotes

Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint.

Well, a man can but hold fast to what he believes right, and even the opponent he baulks should value him for that.

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

Meet every man as you find him, for we're all made the same under habit, robe or rags. Some better made than others, and some better cared for, but on the same pattern, all.

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

So, wonder! I also wonder about you," said Cadfael mildly. "Do you know any human creatures who are not strangers, one to another?