A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.

A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.

There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.

I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.

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.

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

You cannot demand truth, and then select half and throw the inconvenient remainder away.