“Here I begin to know that blessedness is what can be snatched out the passing day and put away to think of afterwards.” ThinkingKnowsPassingPassingsBlessedness Book:Brother Cadfael: The Complete Chronicles Source: Brother Cadfael: The Complete Chronicles
“They sell courage of a sort in the taverns. And another sort, though not for sale, a man can find in the confessional. Try the alehouses and the churches, Hugh. In either a man can be quiet and think.” ThinkingMenTryingChurchQuietReflectionSellsTaverns Book:The Heretic's Apprentice Source: The Heretic's Apprentice
“If ever you do go back, what is it you want of Evesham?" "Do I know? [...] The silence, it might be ... or the stillness. To have no more running to do ... to have arrived, and have no more need to run. The appetite changes. Now I think it would be a beautiful thing to be still.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsStillsMightWould BeRunningBeautifulSilenceAppetiteStillnessBeautiful ThingsHomecoming Book:A Rare Benedictine: The Advent Of Brother Cadfael Source: A Rare Benedictine: The Advent Of Brother Cadfael
“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.” ThinkingMenWellsLongNextNamesCenturySaintHeretic Book:The Heretic's Apprentice Source: The Heretic's Apprentice