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Love is one of the true mysteries,' he said at last. 'The truest and the deepest of all. One thing, Maerad: to love is never wrong. It may be disastrous it may never be possible it may be the deepest agony. But it is never wrong.
Alison Croggon
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Alison Croggon
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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I would rather die than stay there. Well, you might die.
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And all meet in singing, which braids together the different knowings into a wide and subtle music, the music of living.
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It is good to dress in fair clothes to dine with friends. It honors your host, if you are a guest and your guest if you are a host. And both adorn the feast, and so celebrate the gifts of the world.
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The only good thing about being frightened half to death, she thought, is that it makes me forget all about being seasick.
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It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.
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You see aright. I am both Queen and Elidhu, here and there, wildfire and hearthfire, forgetting and remembrance. But do no yet speak of this, for men are impatient with such things and do not brook contradiction.
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