I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.

- Ellis Peters

It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.

- Ellis Peters

Despair is deadly sin, but worse, it is mortal folly.

- Ellis Peters

Too much trust is folly, in an imperfect world.

- Ellis Peters

The mountains of today are the molehills of tomorrow.

- 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

There is no one who cannot be hated, against whatever odds. Nor anyone who cannot be loved, against all reason.

- Ellis Peters

Of all the reports that fly about the world, ill news is the surest of all to arrive!

- Ellis Peters

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

- Ellis Peters