“It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end.”
― Alison Croggon, quote from The Crow
“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.”
― Alison Croggon, quote from The Crow
“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?”
― Alison Croggon, quote from The Crow
“For life is what animals can teach us: how the present moment is all, and past and future are illusion.”
― Alison Croggon, quote from The Crow
Alison Croggon
Born place: in Transvaal, South Africa
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“New Music, I guess, is all those bands Angie listens to. They have names like Depeche Mode and The Smiths and all they sound the same to me - like a bunch of skinny white British nerds on Thorazine. The Stones, when they started, were a bunch of skinny white British nerds too, but they never sounded like they were on Thorazine. Even if they were.”
― Dennis Lehane, quote from Un dernier verre avant la guerre
“Oh," I say. I have run out of dialogue. Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there as a writer out there giving me things to say. This is one of those times. I just stand there, feeling stupid.”
― James Howe, quote from The Misfits
“Lord Gareth leaned close to her ear. "Nervous, Miss Paige?" he teased. She willed her pounding heart to be calm, fought the feeling of foreboding that was squeezing her chest, wished she had a weapon with which to brain Chilcot, who was hopping around on one foot, miming shackles and giggling like the idiot he was. "In truth, my lord, yes. But I'm sure we'll both be happier after the deed is done." "You sound as though the idea does not appeal to you." She watched Cokeham open the iron gate and swagger up to the vicarage, banging the knocker sharply and turning to laugh at Chilcot's foolishness. "I'm sorry. It's just that ..." That you're nothing like Charles, and he's the sort of man I should be marrying, not you. "That what, Miss Paige? Do you find me wanting in some way, shape, or form?" "No, Lord Gareth. It's nothing. Just bridal jitters, that is all." And”
― Danelle Harmon, quote from The Wild One
“It's gratifying to know that you've appeared in someone else's dreams. It's proof that you exist, in a way, proof that you have substance and value outside the walls of your own mind.”
― Carolyn Parkhurst, quote from The Dogs of Babel
“Affection makes fools. Always, without exception, love digs a channel that's sooner or later flooded by the briny water of despair.”
― Sonya Hartnett, quote from Surrender
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