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“ 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. ”

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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