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9 quotes by Ellis Peters

Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her nom de plume Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern.
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Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.

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

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

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

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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... →

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It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.

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

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Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.

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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.

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