The Leper of Saint Giles Quotes

“I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“The grace of God is not endangered by the follies or the wickedness of men.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“It is a time for quietness and prayer. Death is present with us every day of our lives, it behooves us to take note of its nearness, not as a threat, but as our common experience on the way to grace. There is no more to be said. It is better to accept the will of God, and be silent.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“Here I begin to know that blessedness is what can be snatched out the passing day and put away to think of afterwards.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“Thinking is best after prayer, but will be none the worse for a meal and a glass of wine.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“Cleverness and wisdom are not inevitable yoke-fellows.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“Yes, marriage is a matter of business, is it not? Like concubinage! Love—ah, well, that’s another matter, apart”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“Traffic with the world is laid upon us for chastening, and for the testing of our vocation. The grace of God is not endangered by the follies or the wickedness of men.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“Every man should be adjudged innocent until there was proof against him, and all the more when very suspect and malicious charges had already been thrown at him, and rang leaden as false coin.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“Provable truths are what we need.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles

“The thing about fear,” said Cadfael, seriously considering, “is that it is pointless. When need arises, fear is forgotten.”
― Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles