And, Kar, love is not a commandment, it is a need, as real as eating. David Clement-Davies More Quotes by David Clement-Davies More Quotes From David Clement-Davies That we can never know," answered the wolf angrily. "That's for the future. But what we can know is the importance of what we owe to the present. Here and now, and nowhere else. For nothing else exists, except in our minds. What we owe to ourselves, and to those we're bound to. And we can at least hope to make a better future, for everything. David Clement-Davies here-and-now importance mind To you, Fell. Can't you feel it? Inside you, as it lies inside all the Lera. Know thyself, wolf. David Clement-Davies know-thyself feels lying I must try to remember that a boy's heart is not a man's, and perhaps a teacher must learn from his pupil, too, eh? David Clement-Davies heart teacher boys But life is not a legend or a story. Reality is far more precious than a story. David Clement-Davies legends stories reality ...at times, the greatest courage of all is to live. David Clement-Davies life That story placed man above the animals, until man's fall at Eve's hand, and linked humans to God himself, fashioned in his image. But now the black wolf was telling the girl a grave secret. That man was an animal too. David Clement-Davies girl animal fall Death,' whispered Tarlar, 'you do not fear it, Fell? By water, or any other way?' 'What is to fear?" answered the black wolf. 'If it is an end, then so be it. For there is no pain in that, except the pain left to the living... And if death is not an end, then what more than a wonderful journey. David Clement-Davies pain journey water Now go away, or I'll get my friends the Bats to bite you. David Clement-Davies bats bites going-away Why does death engender fear? Because death meant change, a change greater then we have ever known, and because death was indeed a mirror that made us see ourselves as never before. A mirror that we should cover, as people in olden days covered mirrors when someone died, for fear of an evil. For with all our care and pain for those who had gone, it was ourselves too we felt the agony for. Perhaps ourselves above all. David Clement-Davies agony pain mirrors Our destinies are our own, if we have the courage to take control of them. David Clement-Davies our-destiny take-control destiny In that moment she learnt one of the greatest secrets of life: It is often easier to fight for others than it is for yourself. David Clement-Davies fighting moments secret It's those that fight hardest for freedom who are never free. David Clement-Davies hardest fighting
