Ellis Peters Quotes

Ellis Peters — British Author born on September 28, 1913, died on October 14, 1995

Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM, also known by her nom de plume Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. She is well known for her medieval-detective series The Cadfael Chronicles... (wikipedia)

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.

I go to Prague every year if I can, value my relationships there like gold, and feel myself in a sense Czech, with all their hopes and needs. They are a people I not only love, but admire.

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.

To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.

Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.