The Virgin in the Ice Quotes

“In every decision there must be some regrets.”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful.”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“There is no profit in ifs. We go on from where we stand, we answer for our own evil, and leave to God our good.”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“Now have ado with a man!”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“When a dutiful brother came to relieve him, he went to his bed, and slept as soon as he lay down. He had the gift. There was no profit in laying awake fretting for what would, in any case, have to be faced on awaking, and he had long ago sloughed off the unprofitable. It took too much out of a man, of what would be needed hereafter.”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“Love shared is no sin.”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“Nevertheless,”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“incredulous”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“magisterially”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“slackly,”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“A passionate soul, who asks too much of himself, and under-values what he gives.”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“was there in the hut, together with her cloak and habit. And hidden! And she taken away from that place,”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“Ermina—she must always have her own way.”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice

“And are you thinking, Hugh, what I am thinking?”
― Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice