Quotes by Ellis Peters

Murder is murder,as much a curse to the slayer as to the slain, and cannot be a matter of indifference, whoever the dead may be.

But there are some born to do penance by nature. Maybe they lift the load for some of us who take it quite comfortably that were humankind, and not angels.

If none of us ever fell short, or put a foot astray, everything would be good in this great world, but we stumble and fall, every one. We must deal with what we have. - Cadfael, Pg. 245-6

Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in eternity.

All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.

Questions are as supple as willow wands, its easy to brush by them and slip them aside, and no one the worse for it.

Innocence is an infinitely fragile thing and thought can sometimes injure, even destroy it. - Pg. 254

Truth like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil however deeply sown will make its way to the light.

There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

“Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.”

“Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.”