The Grass Widow's Tale Quotes

“She could have called up her friends, of course; she had plenty of friends. But with them she would simply have worn her normal face and manner, and kept her own counsel. You do not burden your friends with a sudden stranger half-way to the grave. You hide yourself while the darkness lasts - being, even at this crisis, reasonably secure that it will not last long - and emerge when you are yourself as they know you, and fit for their society again. No, at this moment what you need is a stranger in an express train, someone you need never see again, one of those accidental priests in the fleeting confessionals of this life where souls are often saved against the odds.”
― Ellis Peters, The Grass Widow's Tale

“Things become very simple when you have no choice, when there's nothing left for you but to endure as long as you can, and survive if you can.”
― Ellis Peters, The Grass Widow's Tale