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Ellis Peters Quotes

Ellis Peters quotes

British Author September 28, 1913 – October 14, 1995

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I go to Prague every year if I can, value my relationships there like gold, and feel myself in a sense Czech, with all their hopes and needs. They are a people I not only love, but admire. Ellis Peters
Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away. Ellis Peters
Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's..."
A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either. Ellis Peters
If ever you do go back, what is it you want of Evesham?"Do I know? [...] The silence, it might be ... or the stillness. To have no more running to do ... to have arrived, and have no more need to run. The appetite changes. Now I think it would be a beautiful thing to be still. Ellis Peters
The trouble with me, he thought unhappily, is that I have been about the world long enough to know that God's plans for us, however infallibly good, may not take the form we expect and demand. Ellis Peters
I value devotion and fidelity, and doubt if it matters whether the object falls short. What you do and what you are is what matters. Your loyalty is as sacred as mine. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "I have always known that the best of the Saracens could..."
I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians. Ellis Peters
Once, I remember, Father Abbot said that our purpose is justice, and with God lies the privilege of mercy. But even God, when he intends mercy, needs tools to his hand. Ellis Peters
To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of..."
Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid. Ellis Peters
I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles have nothing to do with reason. Miracles contradict reason, they strike clean across mere human deserts, and deliver and save where they will. If they made sense, they would not be miracles. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls..."
Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in eternity. Ellis Peters
In the end there is nothing to be done but to state clearly what has been done, without shame or regret, and say: Here I am, and this is what I am. Now deal with me as you see fit. That is your right. Mine is to stand by the act, and pay the price. You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth...."
Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it. Ellis Peters

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