Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.

There's an art in every labour.

Love is always the first casualty of a religious war, the second is Truth and the third...Humanity.

words are a border collie’s worst nightmare.

I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life-hit.

I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp in that respect.

I loved Israeli music, Israeli folk music.

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?

The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe). [Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.]

The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.

The most painful household accident is wearing socks and stepping on an upturned plug.