It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.
More Quotes from Ellis Peters:
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.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.
Ellis Peters
Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.
Ellis Peters
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.
Ellis Peters
Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.
Ellis Peters
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