Pelagia and the Black Monk Quotes

“an extremely important trip … just for a week, and there's no way I can possibly refuse. I'll be as quick as I can, on my word of honor.” He was immediately ejected from her embrace and roundly abused in terms that were severe but just. He spent the night in the study, on the hard divan,”
― Boris Akunin, Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk

“While hope is still alive, then so is God. And you, as a nun, should know that!” Pelagia responded to this reproach with a humble bow, but still she did not relent. “And Christ, when He went to the cross, did He also hope?” she asked in a quiet voice. The bishop did not immediately appreciate the full significance of this audacious question and merely frowned. But having understood it, he raised himself up to his full height, stamped his foot, and exclaimed, “Would you make a suicide of our Savior? Get thee behind me, Satan! Begone!”
― Boris Akunin, Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk

“sight. This peculiar settlement reminded the police chief somewhat of a picture from the book The Town in the Snuffbox, of which little Felix had been very fond in his childhood,”
― Boris Akunin, Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk