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It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.

Alison Croggon

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Alison Croggon
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Transvaal
South Africa
Driven
Fear
Away
Better

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Nothing is ever truly gone... Not for me, nor for any human being. We can only go forward, unless we are guests in some enchantment that is not is ours. We are condemned to an endless present, and we can never go back-the source of all our joy, and all our sorrow. -Hem at Zelika's grave
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You have a great heart, but will only find it to be so through great pain. This is the wisdom of love, and its doubtful gift. . . . I have endured much suffering and still remain unbitter and unclosed.
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By the light, he said, when he had mastered himself. I think that beats singing a lullaby to a stormdog for simplicity and economy, Maerad. But I wish I had known that you simply had to blow at Hulls to get rid of them. It would have saved me a few scars.
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Drunk with beauty, I tore down Armfuls of blossoms. How desolate the marred sky!
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I shall never complain of the tedium of the city again.
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I tried to become a hawk, it didn't work. I think I got -stuck
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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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Your future is uncertain, and I can tell you nothing that can help you. You are singular and dangerous, and so it is that you are sought by both the Dark and the Light.
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And then like thunder broke the frost, The chill wall fell, and morrowless Immortal maid and man embraced, Their light and shadow mingling.
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There come a few times in a person's life where there is a clear choice, Cadvan said. The difference between one person and another is how they meet that choice.
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There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.
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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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I would rather die than stay there. Well, you might die.
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It is not given to us to know what difference we can make, and perhaps we can make no difference at all. But that is no reason not to make the attempt, said Saliman quietly. The Light shines more brightly in the darkness.
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