Speak not against anyone whose burden you have not weighed yourself. Marion Zimmer Bradley More Quotes by Marion Zimmer Bradley More Quotes From Marion Zimmer Bradley The visible world was only an imperfect reflection of the Ideal, which the Philosopher sought to transcend. Marion Zimmer Bradley philosopher reflection world The truth is not so good a story. Marion Zimmer Bradley truth-is stories And so, perhaps, the truth winds somewhere between the road to Glastonbury, Isle of the Priests, and the road to Avalon, lost forever in the mists of the Summer Sea. Marion Zimmer Bradley sea summer wind A priestess of Avalon does not lie. But I am cast out of Avalon, and for this, and unless it is all to be for nothing, I must lie, and lie well and quickly Marion Zimmer Bradley avalon doe lying I should know, for I am Morgaine le Fay, priestess of the Isle of Avalon, where the ancient religion of the Mother Goddess is born. Marion Zimmer Bradley avalon ancient mother No man or woman can live another's fate Marion Zimmer Bradley avalon fate men All the tears women shed, they leave no mark on the world. Marion Zimmer Bradley mark tears world I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me. Marion Zimmer Bradley elude knows Arthur, their young king, like a hero out of legend. Marion Zimmer Bradley legends kings hero Of all things we mortals are called upon to do, the most difficult is forgiveness; in order to truly do it, you will probably have to behave as if you already have forgiven for quite a while before you have actually done so. Marion Zimmer Bradley difficult done order Knowledge was like a mouthful of dust. Marion Zimmer Bradley dust I have neither talent or taste for kingship, cousin. I am a warrior, and to dwell always in one place and live at court would weary me to death! Marion Zimmer Bradley warrior cousin taste But this is my truth; I who am Morgaine tell you these things, Morgaine who was in later days called Morgan le Fay. Marion Zimmer Bradley my-truth Rome was mud and smoky skies; the rank smell of the Tiber and the exotically spiced cooking fires of a hundred different nationalities. Rome was white marble and gilding and heady perfumes; the blare of trumpets and the shrieking of market-women and the eternal, sub-aural hum of more people, speaking more languages than Gaius had ever imagined existed, crammed together on seven hills whose contours had long ago disappeared beneath this encrustation if humanity. Rome was the pulsing heart of the world. Marion Zimmer Bradley rome fire heart Never name the well from which you will not drink. Marion Zimmer Bradley avalon drink names I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts Marion Zimmer Bradley trying talking kids If you listen to dogs barking you will go deaf without learning anything. Marion Zimmer Bradley deaf ifs dog I wasn't a child at 13, were you? Marion Zimmer Bradley children What wise God would consign a man to Hell for ignorance, instead of teaching him better in the afterlife? Marion Zimmer Bradley ignorance teaching wise A friend of ours has a hobby doing genealogy, and we found out that we were cousins in the ninth degree, that we had a common ancestor on the Mayflower. Marion Zimmer Bradley hobbies cousin degrees
