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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.

Alison Croggon

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Alison Croggon
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Librettist
Novelist
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Transvaal
South Africa
Death
Makes
Thought
Thing
Seasick
Good
Frightened
Optimistic
Forget
Half

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There is no shame in loving: it is the sign of a generous heart, and pain the price of an open soul.
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We are all mistaken sometimes sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.
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I shall never complain of the tedium of the city again.
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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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Elednor,' he said, 'Elednor, why have you betrayed me? Come back to me. Come back to were you belong. I alone need you.
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Light blooms the brighter in the darkest places.
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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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I tried to become a hawk, it didn't work. I think I got -stuck
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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.
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Many forgotten things live still in children's tales.
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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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While the heart beats, hope lingers.
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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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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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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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It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.
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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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