Ellis Peters

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

It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”