Beauty Is A Perilous Gift.

Here I Begin To Know That Blessedness Is What Can Be Snatched Out The Passing Day And Put Away To Think Of Afterwards.

Of All The Reports That Fly About The World, Ill News Is The Surest Of All To Arrive!

Too Much Trust Is Folly, In An Imperfect World.

Bitter Though It May Be To Many, Cadfael Concluded, There Is No Substitute For Truth, In This Or Any Case.

There Is No One Who Cannot Be Hated, Against Whatever Odds. Nor Anyone Who Cannot Be Loved, Against All Reason.