--- title: "25 C.J. Sansom Quotes - Famous Writer (Dissolution)" description: "Christopher John Sansom was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-alon-calinao-dy-24257.jpg" --- ![Portrait of C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-alon-calinao-dy-24257.jpg) # C.J. Sansom (1952–2024) Writer **25** quotes in **121** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet C.J. Sansom was a writer, best known for *Dissolution*. ## Quick Facts About C.J. Sansom Born December 9, 1952 Died April 27, 2024 Profession Writer Notable works Dissolution ## About C.J. Sansom Christopher John Sansom was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternative history novel Dominion. He won numerous book awards, including the 2005 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2013 and the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2022. Shardlake, a television series based on Sansom's novel Dissolution, started streaming on Disney+ less than a week after his death. ## Quotes by C.J. Sansom > [If I knocked and waited at every door, who knows what I might miss?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/if-i-knocked-and-waited-at-every-door-who-knows-what-i-might-miss/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/c-j-sansom-22985_door_if-i-knocked-and-waited-at-every-door-wh_315068.jpg) > [We of alien looks or words must stick together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/we-of-alien-looks-or-words-must-stick-together/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Alien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4f/c-j-sansom-22985_alien_we-of-alien-looks-or-words-must-stick-to_64915.jpg) > [“Around thrones the thunder rolls.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/around-thrones-the-thunder-rolls/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Monarchy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/monarchy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/c-j-sansom-22985_monarchy_around-thrones-the-thunder-rolls-2515811_2515811.jpg) > [“Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/never-in-england-were-there-so-many-gentlemen-and-so-little-gentleness/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/c-j-sansom-22985_ambition_never-in-england-were-there-so-many-gent_55350.jpg) > [“...you should not insult yourself so, sir. Is there not enough suffering in the world?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/you-should-not-insult-yourself-so-sir-is-there-not-enough-suffering/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/c-j-sansom-22985_feelin-sentimental_you-should-not-insult-yourself-so-sir-is_2902061.jpg) > [The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/the-echoes-of-childhood-torments-have-great-power-even-when-not/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e2/c-j-sansom-22985_childhood_the-echoes-of-childhood-torments-have-gr_1317228.jpg) > [“... there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/there-is-nothing-under-the-moon-however-fine-that-is-not-subject-to/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Corruption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corruption/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/c-j-sansom-22985_corruption_there-is-nothing-under-the-moon-however_721176.jpg) > [“prior looked at each other with mutual distaste. ‘Mortifying yourself again, Jerome?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/prior-looked-at-each-other-with-mutual-distaste-mortifying-yourself/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/c-j-sansom-22985_mutual-distaste_prior-looked-at-each-other-with-mutual-d_438243.jpg) > [“I will see you in the Bedlam, displayed as a warning of what perverted religion can do!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/i-will-see-you-in-the-bedlam-displayed-as-a-warning-of-what-perverted/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/c-j-sansom-22985_bedlam_i-will-see-you-in-the-bedlam-displayed-a_2340361.jpg) > [“I suppose we were drawn to each other because neither of us quite fitted in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/i-suppose-we-were-drawn-to-each-other-because-neither-of-us-quite/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/c-j-sansom-22985_quote_i-suppose-we-were-drawn-to-each-other-be_1289105.jpg) > [In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/in-worshipping-their-nationhood-men-worship-themselves-and-scorn/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Health](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/health/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/c-j-sansom-22985_health_in-worshipping-their-nationhood-men-wors_2029405.jpg) > [It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/it-seems-a-universal-rule-in-this-world-that-people-will-always-look/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/c-j-sansom-22985_difficulty_it-seems-a-universal-rule-in-this-world_653991.jpg) > [“How men fear the chaos of the world, I thought, and the yawning eternity hereafter. So we build patterns to explain its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/how-men-fear-the-chaos-of-the-world-i-thought-and-the-yawning/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Chaos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chaos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/c-j-sansom-22985_crime_how-men-fear-the-chaos-of-the-world-i-th_2139296.jpg) > [The lives God gives to us, the awful things we can’t escape from. Sometimes I think that sort of God would enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/the-lives-god-gives-to-us-the-awful-things-we-can-t-escape-from/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/c-j-sansom-22985_awful_the-lives-god-gives-to-us-the-awful-thin_1228976.jpg) > [Funny, when i was a little boy I wanted to be good. But I could never seem to manage it somehow. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/funny-when-i-was-a-little-boy-i-wanted-to-be-good-but-i-could-never/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/c-j-sansom-22985_be-good_funny-when-i-was-a-little-boy-i-wanted-t_1252079.jpg) > [Have you ever thought what a God would be like who actually ordained and executed the cruelty that is in \[the biblical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/have-you-ever-thought-what-a-god-would-be-like-who-actually-ordained/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/799/c-j-sansom-22985_accepting_have-you-ever-thought-what-a-god-would-b_2533547.jpg) > [Dominion is a spy novel, a love story, and also I hope gives some sense of the difficulties faced by dissidents under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/dominion-is-a-spy-novel-a-love-story-and-also-i-hope-gives-some-sense/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/c-j-sansom-22985_books_dominion-is-a-spy-novel-a-love-story-and_8543.jpg) > [“You untangle a knot with slow teasing, not sharp pulling, and believe me we have here a knot such as I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/you-untangle-a-knot-with-slow-teasing-not-sharp-pulling-and-believe/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/c-j-sansom-22985_quote_you-untangle-a-knot-with-slow-teasing-no_1849407.jpg) > [“We used to think British people could never become Fascists, or Fascist collaborators. But they can. I suppose anybody can, given the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/we-used-to-think-british-people-could-never-become-fascists-or/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [British people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/british-people/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/c-j-sansom-22985_british-people_we-used-to-think-british-people-could-ne_3159918.jpg) > [“Then I am sorry for you, mistress," I said evenly. "But that has nothing to do to me. Do not dare to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/then-i-am-sorry-for-you-mistress-i-said-evenly-but-that-has-nothing/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Boundaries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boundaries/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/c-j-sansom-22985_boundaries_then-i-am-sorry-for-you-mistress-i-said_2911620.jpg) > [ “Many \[Tudor-era religious radicals\] believed then, exactly as Christian fundamentalists do today, that they lived in the 'last days' before Armageddon and,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/many-tudor-era-religious-radicals-believed-then-exactly-as-christian/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Apocalypse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apocalypse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/c-j-sansom-22985_apocalypse_many-tudor-era-religious-radicals-believ_2017683.jpg) > [“be needed.’ I looked at her. I sensed how much she wanted me to deal with this case. And if I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/be-needed-i-looked-at-her-i-sensed-how-much-she-wanted-me-to-deal/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [True woman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-woman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/c-j-sansom-22985_true-woman_be-needed-i-looked-at-her-i-sensed-how-m_2408963.jpg) > [Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/like-all-lawyers-i-was-delighted-by-gratitude-it-happened-so-rarely/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Attorney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attorney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/c-j-sansom-22985_attorney_like-all-lawyers-i-was-delighted-by-grat_2458862.jpg) > [“Whenever a party tells you national identity matters more than anything else in politics, that nationalism can sort out all the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/whenever-a-party-tells-you-national-identity-matters-more-than/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [National identity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/national-identity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/c-j-sansom-22985_national-identity_whenever-a-party-tells-you-national-iden_1982862.jpg) > [“You sound as fierce against sin as Harsnet.’ He grinned. ‘Only sins I don’t feel drawn to myself,’ he said with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-sansom/you-sound-as-fierce-against-sin-as-harsnet-he-grinned-only-sins-i-don/) [C.J. Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/) [Sins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/c-j-sansom-22985_sins_you-sound-as-fierce-against-sin-as-harsn_3198008.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-sansom/#itemlist", "name": "C.J. 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