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About Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters was a 20th-century British writer. Edith Mary Pargeter, also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics. She is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern, and especially for her medieval detective series The Cadfael Chronicles. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Inspirational — Uplifting words to motivate and inspire positive action

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“There's an art in every labour.”
— Ellis Peters
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“Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment!”
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“There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful.”
— Ellis Peters
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“Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.”
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“Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.”
— Ellis Peters
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“Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away.”
— Ellis Peters
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