The Potter's Field Quotes

“Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely.”
― Ellis Peters, The Potter's Field

“Women want to own a man, and that grows irksome.”
― Ellis Peters, The Potter's Field

“Saints are not corporeal, but presences; they can reach and touch wherever their grace and generosity desire.”
― Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter), The Potter's Field

“I think truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.” “And there is nothing we can do to hasten it,” said Pernel, and heaved a resigned sigh. “At present, nothing but wait.” “And pray, perhaps?” she said.”
― Ellis Peters, The Potter's Field

“Earth, Ruald had said, is innocent. Only the use we make of it can mar it. Yes, earth and many other things, knowledge, skill, strength, all innocent until use mars them.”
― Ellis Peters, The Potter's Field

“the river, Ruald had two”
― Ellis Peters, The Potter's Field