Despair Is Deadly Sin, But Worse, It

You'll Never Get To Be A Saint If You Deny The Bit Of The Devil In You.

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.

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

I Do Believe I Begin To Grasp The Nature Of Miracles! For Would It Be A Miracle, If There Was Any Reason For It? Miracles Have Nothing To Do With Reason. Miracles Contradict Reason, They Strike Clean Across Mere Human Deserts, And Deliver And Save Where They Will. If They Made Sense, They Would Not Be Miracles.

Even A Saint May Take Pleasure, In Retrospect, In Having Been Once Desired