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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.
Alison Croggon
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Alison Croggon
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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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 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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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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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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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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Joy bubbles on a fountain of doubt.
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Drunk with beauty, I tore down Armfuls of blossoms. How desolate the marred sky!
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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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While the heart beats, hope lingers.
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Never be ashamed of your love, he said gently. The only thing to be ashamed of is denying your love. That is what makes the shadow grow within your heart that is the darkening of the Light. And we all have many loves.
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Not even I can see all ends, but I have been in this world long enough to know that a choice is not choice and breeds slow ills, even were it done for the highest reasons.
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I tried to become a hawk, it didn't work. I think I got -stuck
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It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.
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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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I shall never complain of the tedium of the city again.
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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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It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end.
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There is a great force in renunciation of power that those who are blinded by the lust for domination cannot understand because those who truly love do not desire power.
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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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