Alison Croggon Quotes

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

“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.”

“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.”

“There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.”

“Light blooms the brighter in the darkest places.”

“There is no shame in loving: it is the sign of a generous heart, and pain the price of an open soul.”

“It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end.”

“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.”

“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.”

“And all meet in singing, which braids together the different knowings into a wide and subtle music, the music of living.”

“Drunk with beauty, I tore down
Armfuls of blossoms.
How desolate the marred sky!”

“Many forgotten things live still in children's tales.”

“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.”