Rare Benedictine Quotes

“It was not far. Once away from the subdued lights of the buildings they were aware of the stars, snapping like sparks from a cold fire, in a clear black sky just engendering a few tattered snow-clouds in the east. In the garden, between the pleached hedges, it seemed almost warm, as though the sleeping trees breathed tempered air as well as cutting off the bleak wind. The silence was profound. The herb garden was walled, and the wooden hut where Cadfael brewed and stored his medicines was sheltered from the worst of the cold.”
― Ellis Peters

“Once away from the subdued lights of the buildings, they were aware of the stars, snapping like sparks from a cold fire....”
― Ellis Peters, The Price of Light