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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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Transvaal
South Africa
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What difference, being a pawn for the Light or a pawn for the Dark? There is a great difference. One difference is that for the Dark, certainly, you are a pawn. For the Light, you are a free human being, free to make mistakes, to do wrong, even. You are free to choose, whether or not you believe 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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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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Old friend,' said Cadvan, filling another glass for himself and sniffing its rich smell. 'If we do not trust one another, we are already defeated.
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At these times, the things that troubled her seemed far away and unimportant: all that mattered was the hum of the bees and the chirp of birdsong, the way the sun gleamed on the edge of a blue wildflower, the distant bleat and clink of grazing goats.
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Light blooms the brighter in the darkest places.
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I would rather die than stay there. Well, you might die.
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It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end.
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