173 Quotes by Marion Zimmer Bradley

And as men believe, so their world goes." - Merlin

To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom,” Viviane said. “Then, when you begin to learn, you will not have to forget all the things you think you know.

There are ignorant priests and ignorant people, who are all too ready to cry sorcery if a woman is only a little wiser than they are!

Morgana: ai miei tempi sono stata chiamata in molti modi: sorella, amante, sacerdotessa, maga, regina. Ora in verità, sono una maga e forse verrà un giorno in cui queste cose dovranno esser conosciute. E ora che il mondo è cambiato e Artù, mio fratello e amante, che fu re e sarà re, giace morto nell’isola Sacra di Avalon, la storia deve esser narrata com’era prima che i preti del Cristo Bianco venissero a costellarla di santi e leggende.

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...

No house is big enough for the rule of two women.

And then a memory from Avalon surfaced in her mind, something she had not thought of for a decade; one of the Druids, giving instruction in the secret wisdom to the young priestesses, had said, If you would have the message of the Gods to direct your life, look for that which repeats, again and again; for this is the message given you by the Gods, the karmic lesson you must learn for this incarnation. It comes again and again until you have made it part of your soul and your enduring spirit.

Magic is a matter of focusing the disciplined will. But sometimes the will must be abandoned. The secret lies in knowing when to exercise control, and when to let go.

I could write pages and pages about the delights of being a full-time housewife and mother and trying to write and support a family with two babies—but I don’t use that kind of language in public.