Veronica Black > Quotes

“Saturday was general cleaning day in accordance with the rules laid down by the Foundress. Every nun, professed or lay, scrubbed down her cell, took her linen to the laundry room, made up her narrow bed with fresh sheets and changed her underwear for the second time in a week.”
― Veronica Black, Sister Joan Mysteries #1-5: A Vow of Silence / A Vow of Chastity / A Vow of Sanctity / A Vow of Obedience / A Vow of Penance

“There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy,”
― Veronica Black, The Sister Joan Mysteries Books 1–9

“Veronica? Praise to Our Lady that you got”
― Veronica Black, Sister Joan Mysteries #1-5: A Vow of Silence / A Vow of Chastity / A Vow of Sanctity / A Vow of Obedience / A Vow of Penance

“You can’t expect an agnostic to be very thrilled at the prospect of a healthy young woman getting herself togged up to exchange marriage vows with someone who was executed nearly two thousand years ago,’ he said.”
― Veronica Black, Sister Joan Mysteries #6-8: A Vow of Devotion / A Vow of Fidelity / A Vow of Poverty

“when you have a tiny bit of talent you ought to polish it up as a compliment to the Good Lord who gave it to you in the first place.”
― Veronica Black, A Vow of Fidelity

“person”
― Veronica Black, A Vow of Penance

“Celebrations were all different but funerals always seemed to be the same, no matter who was being buried”
― Veronica Black, A Vow of Devotion