The Singing Quotes

“Some say an army of horsemen
some an army on foot
others say ships laden for war
are the fairest things on earth.

But I say the fairest sight
on this dark earth
is the face of the one you love.

Nor is it hard to understand:
love has humbled the hearts
of the proudest queens.

And I would rather see you now
stepping over my threshold
than any soldier greaved in gold
or any iron-beaked ship.”
― Alison Croggon, The Singing

“By the light," he said, when he had mastered himself. "I think that beats singing a lullaby to a stormdog for simplicity and economy, Maerad. But I wish I had known that you simply had to blow at Hulls to get rid of them. It would have saved me a few scars.”
― Alison Croggon, The Singing

“I tried to become a hawk, it didn't work. I think I got -stuck”
― Alison Croggon, The Singing

“Old friend,' said Cadvan, filling another glass for himself and sniffing its rich smell. 'If we do not trust one another, we are already defeated.”
― Alison Croggon, The Singing

“The company of true friends, the taste of good food, the blossoms in spring, all the ordinary things that make the texture and meaning of life”
― Alison Croggon, The Singing

“Everything is difficult," she whispered. "Maybe that's something else that I've learned.”
― Alison Croggon, The Singing

“Perhaps Dernhil knew there was no time. He had foresight..." Cadvan sighed and looked away. "But he was ever one who looked clearly into his own heart. That is the beauty of his poems. Would that all of us were so lucid.”
― Alison Croggon, The Singing

“I have all faith in you. I will look to your coming when spring walks in the land.”
― Alison Croggon, The Singing

“I am what I am, all the things that have happened to me, all the things I have ever learned, as well as all the things that were born inside me.”
― Alison Croggon, The Singing