65 Quotes by Alison Croggon

The risk of all friendship is, alas, a little grief.

...only more keenly aware of how her soul starved within her, its wings wasting with the despair of disuse.

The weather was clear and still, and the countless stars opened above them, seeming like brilliant cold fruits that Maerad could simply pick out of the sky.

The river plunged down in a long waterfall, plashing into several rocky pools on its way down the cliff.

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

They are caught between one world and another, and they no longer belong anywhere.

Speak to me, fair maid!Speak and do not go!What sorrows have your eyes inlaidWith such black woe?My dam is buried deepDark are my father's hallsAnd carrion fowl and wolves now keepTheir ruined wallsFrom: The Lay of Andomian and Beruldh

All the fears and doubts surrounding her grief and regrets were swept up into the tempest of the music, poising here in the centre of the moment, a clear vessel of joy.

A man cannot eat more than three meals a day, or live in more than one house at a time. If you have what you need, and more than you need, what is the use of adding to it?