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

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

~ 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.

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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