The Cleaner of Chartres Quotes

“The Abbe Paul looked at Agnes rather as Alain had, with respect. 'How sensible. People are desperate to probe mysteries which for the most part are best left unprobed. It is the modern curse: this demented drive to explain every blessed thing. Not everything can be explained. Nor should be, I think.”
― Salley Vickers, The Cleaner of Chartres

“We tend not to notice what is not there when often absence is the more vital thing.”
― Salley Vickers, The Cleaner of Chartres