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I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.
Marion Zimmer Bradley
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Marion Zimmer Bradley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1930
Born: June 3
Died: 1999
Died: September 25
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Miriam Gardner
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Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley
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Beware what you speak,' said the Merlin very softly, 'for indeed the words we speak make shadows of what is to come, and by speaking them we bring them to pass, my king.
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There's no magic secret writing is like everything else ten percent inspiration or talent, and ninety percent hard work. Persistence keeping at it till you get there. As Agnes de Mille said, it means working every day—bored, tired, weary, or with a fever of a hundred and two.
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To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.
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I have called on the Goddess and found her within myself
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If you would have the message of the gods to direct your life, look for that which repeats ... It comes again and again until you have made it part of your soul and your enduring spirit.
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Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.
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By what men think, we create the world around us, daily new.
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The visible world was only an imperfect reflection of the Ideal, which the Philosopher sought to transcend.
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I am dedicated to the belief that it is God's will that all men should strive for wisdom in themselves, not look to it from some other. Babes, perhaps, must have their food chewed for them by a nurse, but men may drink and eat of wisdom for themselves.
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Of all things we mortals are called upon to do, the most difficult is forgiveness in order to truly do it, you will probably have to behave as if you already have forgiven for quite a while before you have actually done so.
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[T]he House of Maidens was for little girls whose whole duty in life was to spill things, break things, and forget things . . . until they had spilled, broken, and forgotten everything they could, and thus made room in their lives for a little wisdom.
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There is no sorrow like the memory of love and the knowledge that it is gone forever.
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But this is my truth I who am Morgaine tell you these things, Morgaine who was in later days called Morgan le Fay.
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The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.
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No man or woman can live another's fate
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The older I grow the more I become certain that it makes no difference what words we use to tell the same truths.
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All the tears women shed, they leave no mark on the world.
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A priestess of Avalon does not lie. But I am cast out of Avalon, and for this, and unless it is all to be for nothing, I must lie, and lie well and quickly
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And I must believe that man has the power to know the right, to choose between good and evil and know that his choice has made a difference.
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Without a dream to light your way, the world is a very dark place.
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