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

All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.

Integrity expects integrity.

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.

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

Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away.

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