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Ellis Peters Quotes

«I loved and hated India; the pressures of class division and riches and poverty there are devastating, but love predominates. I have two families and scattered friends there, mainly in Delhi, but south also, and wish I had the stamina to tackle it again. Maybe I'll make it some day yet, but it does take stamina.»
Author: Ellis Peters
«It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions»
Author: Ellis Peters | Keywords: a lot, illusions, lot, takes, wound
«Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.»
Author: Ellis Peters
«Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.»
Author: Ellis Peters
«Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.»
Author: Ellis Peters
«Men drunk with ambition and power do not ground their weapons, nor stop to recognise the fellow-humanity of those they are about to slay. Not here - not now.»
Author: Ellis Peters
«Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.»
Author: Ellis Peters
«Those who go forth to the battle never return without holes in their ranks, like gaping wounds. Pity of all pities that those who lead never learn, and the few wise men among those who follow never quite avail to teach. But faith given and allegiance pledged are stronger than fear ...»
Author: Ellis Peters
«Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.»
Author: Ellis Peters