Sharan Newman > Quotes

“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

“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

“And, for some, closeness to death brings an epiphany which alters their lives forever.”
― Sharan Newman, Death Comes As Epiphany

“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?”
― Sharan Newman, Death Comes As Epiphany

“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?”
― Sharan Newman, Death Comes As Epiphany

“Sister Bertrada should be grateful the pillows were so flimsy for Catherine was sorely tempted to smother her with one.”
― Sharan Newman, The Devil's Door

“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