"They sell courage of a sort in the……" — Ellis Peters
"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."
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24 Quotes by Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters has 24 quotes on this site.
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Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.
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All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.
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I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.
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Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.
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One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is…
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A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.
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What are wits for unless a man uses them?
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Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in…
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Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.
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Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.
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I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was…
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Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.
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