Dead Man's Ransom

A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.

Once, I remember, Father Abbot said that our purpose is justice, and with God lies the privilege of mercy. But even God, when he intends mercy, needs tools to his hand.

... What is done matters, but what is yet to do matters far more.

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.

But even God, when he intends mercy, needs tools to his hand.

Innocence is an infinitely fragile thing and thought can sometimes injure, even destroy it. - Pg. 254

If none of us ever fell short, or put a foot astray, everything would be good in this great world, but we stumble and fall, every one. We must deal with what we have." - Cadfael, Pg. 245-6