“What is there," Owain wondered aloud, to the sky above him and the soil below, "persuades this man still that my words do not mean what they seem to mean in sane men's ears?” — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“A dead eagle he might have buried, but he had chosen rather to light a fire for a phoenix.” — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“Well, do as you think best. That's every man's right and duty. But for me, I pledge you now I will not surrender one… — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“Should I come to you, Father, with anything that made me ashamed? What do I matter? What's honour to me? My honour is to… — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“Learn humility, while there's yet time--': those were the last of the abbot's words he had waited to hear. All very well, he thought,… — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“Have you no errand I can do for you in hell?' he said. 'There's cleaner company there.” — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“Not his match! And have you not the heart in you to be anything but best? How many are his match? How many in… — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“The dispensations of God are always just,' he said. 'We get the sons we deserve.” — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“What is there," Owain wondered aloud, to the sky above him and the soil below, "persuades this man still that my words do not… — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“He sat staring before him, seeing nothing but a long line of Mortimers, inexhaustable and prolific to the end of time.” — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“This new approach, it seemed, was not to be made so publicly, not to be exposed to the expedient treason of little devious minds… — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
“Love with her would be a field of action, not a need. She was complete whether she won or lost the world. She was… — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
