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

The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.

One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man.

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

Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired