It&#39;s hard for the donkeys to win the race if they&#39;re going to carry the elephants on their backs.

Thy life is not thine own to govern, Danny, for it controls other lives. See how thy friends suffer! Spring to life, Danny, that thy friends may live again!

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

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

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

He prayed as he breathed, forming no words and making no specific requests, only holding his heart, like broken birds in cupped hands,

What are wits for unless a man uses them?

I can’t forget things that way. There’s only one thing for it, and that’s to admit everything and accept everything, and find some way of living that doesn’t mean always sitting on top of a chest of grudges, trying to keep the lid from opening.

They sell courage of a sort in the taverns. And another sort, though not for sale, a man can find in the confessional. Try the alehouses and the churches, Hugh. In either a man can be quiet and think.

Ellis Peters

Quotes by Ellis Peters

Written By Ellis Peters

Written By Ellis Peters

Written By Ellis Peters

Written By Ellis Peters

Written By Ellis Peters

Written By Ellis Peters

Written By Ellis Peters

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