Edith Pargeter

“A dead eagle he might have buried, but he had chosen rather to light a fire for a phoenix.”

— Edith Pargeter

“He could not be a breaker, it was against his bent.”

— Edith Pargeter

“Well, do as you think best. That's every man's right and duty. But for me, I pledge you now I will not…

— Edith Pargeter

“Should I come to you, Father, with anything that made me ashamed? What do I matter? What's honour to me? My honour…

— Edith Pargeter

“Learn humility, while there's yet time--': those were the last of the abbot's words he had waited to hear. All very well,…

— Edith Pargeter

“Have you no errand I can do for you in hell?' he said. 'There's cleaner company there.”

— Edith Pargeter

“Not his match! And have you not the heart in you to be anything but best? How many are his match? How…

— Edith Pargeter

“The dispensations of God are always just,' he said. 'We get the sons we deserve.”

— Edith Pargeter

“What is there," Owain wondered aloud, to the sky above him and the soil below, "persuades this man still that my words…

— Edith Pargeter

“He sat staring before him, seeing nothing but a long line of Mortimers, inexhaustable and prolific to the end of time.”

— Edith Pargeter

“This new approach, it seemed, was not to be made so publicly, not to be exposed to the expedient treason of little…

— Edith Pargeter

“Love with her would be a field of action, not a need. She was complete whether she won or lost the world.…

— Edith Pargeter