37 Quotes by C.J. Sansom

That morning, for all I sat behind the stinking coffin of a murdered man, I found myself lulled along by the monks' beautiful, polyphonic chant. The psalms, and the Latin reading from Job, struck a chord.'And thou sayest, how doth God know? Can he judge through the dark cloud? Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seest not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.'Thick clouds indeed, I thought. I am still in a fog here.

Six wives the King's had now.' Barak's words dragged me from my reverie. 'We can't even get one between us.

We of alien looks or words must stick together.

Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness.

... there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.

In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.

Huoneesta kuuluva Piersin ääni oli hiljainen mutta veitsenterävä.(C. J. Sansom: Ilmestys, suom. Ilkka Rekiaro)

Funny, when i was a little boy I wanted to be good. But I could never seem to manage it somehow. And if you’re not good, the good people will throw you to the wolves. So you might as well just be bad.

It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at times of difficulty and tension.