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Ellis Peters Quotes

Ellis Peters quotes

British Author September 28, 1913 – October 14, 1995

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Ellis Peters quote: "God, nevertheless, required a little help from men, and what..."
God, nevertheless, required a little help from men, and what he mostly got was hindrance. Ellis Peters
Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "It's a kind of arrogance to be so certain you're past redemption."
It's a kind of arrogance to be so certain you're past redemption. 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. Ellis Peters
Meet every man as you find him, for we're all made the same under habit, robe or rags. Some better made than others, and some better cared for, but on the same pattern, all. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "Perhaps thought really is prayer."
Perhaps thought really is prayer. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster..."
Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael) Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however..."
Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light. Ellis Peters
One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man. Ellis Peters
Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them. Ellis Peters
So, wonder! I also wonder about you," said Cadfael mildly. "Do you know any human creatures who are not strangers, one to another? Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment."
Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "Here I begin to know that blessedness is what can be snatched..."
Here I begin to know that blessedness is what can be snatched out the passing day and put away to think of afterwards. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course..."
There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil. Ellis Peters
Ellis Peters quote: "All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only..."
All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil. Ellis Peters

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