Ellis Peters said this quote

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

God, nevertheless, required a little help from men, and what he mostly got was hindrance.

~ 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

There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful.

~ Ellis Peters