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1 " A piece of advice his father had given him surfaced in Edgar's mind. Sometimes, he had said, it's better just to keep quiet and think with your heart. "
― Sharan Newman , The Devil's Door (Catherine LeVendeur, #2)
2 " Catherine Le Vendeur," he asked sententiously, "have you known this man carnally?""No father," Catherine answered. "But, with your kind permission, I would very much like to. "
― Sharan Newman , Death Comes As Epiphany (Catherine LeVendeur, #1)
3 " And, for some, closeness to death brings an epiphany which alters their lives forever. "
4 " Rhetoric worked beautifully when applied to simple things like the nature of God, but how was one to use it in the chaos of human actions? "
5 " Sister Bertrada should be grateful the pillows were so flimsy for Catherine was sorely tempted to smother her with one. "
6 " She [Catherine] walked through the stunned group in a haze of delight. Before all these people, her father had praised her. Not for docility or embroidery or music, but for the one quality she had thought he despised, her clarity of thought. Was it possible that he was proud of her? "
7 " What should I say about reading? I consider a room without reading to be a hell without consolation, a gibbet without relief, a prison without light, a tomb without a vent … . —Peter of Celle, On Affliction and Reading 8—13 PL 202 "
― Sharan Newman , Strong as Death (Catherine LeVendeur, #4)
