Alison Croggon
8 quotes
Biography
"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."
"While the heart beats, hope lingers."
"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."
"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."
"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"
"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."
"As every reader knows in his or her heart, there is much more to truth than mere fact."
"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."