Taliesin Quotes

“...tell me the word that will win you, and I will speak it. I will speak the stars of heaven into a crown for your head; I will speak the flowers of the field into a cloak; I will speak the racing stream into a melody for your ears and the voices of a thousand larks to sing it; I will speak the softness of night for your bed and the warmth of summer for your coverlet; I will speak the brightness of flame to light your way and the luster of gold to shine in your smile; I will speak until the hardness in you melts away and your heart is free...”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“How is a man fortunate to live in the darkness, brother?"
"Why do you wonder?" asked Blaise. "For only he who has lived in darkness truly knows and values the light.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“They are young and life has no limits. Nothing is impossible, nothing beyond doing or knowing. The world is theirs and everything in it.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“Only a fool demands proof of what he already knows.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“I will weep no more for the lost, asleep in their water graves.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“Little changes, like small steps all along the way, bring you to a different place. One day you wake up and things are not the same anymore.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“The female heart is a world unto itself, incomprehensible to men. Yet I perceive that you have been of a mood today: pensive, contemplative, hesitant, expectant. And you have spent the better part of the day watching me as if you thought I might follow your merlin into the sky and never return.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“I will write: for myself, for those who come after, and for the voices that cry out not to be forgotten.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“whatever is done cannot be undone, but whatever is lost can sometimes be found.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“For only he who has lived in darkness truly knows and values the light.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“There cannot be even the smallest grain of falsehood in it or it is not truth. I have discovered the source of all truth; how can I deny what I know?”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“All life is rooted in pain. There can be no escape, but love makes the hurt bearable.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“She stood watching a ritual she had seen many times before, yet which now seemed odd and extremely archaic; as if everything - the hill, the ox, the Mage, the cauldron, the king, the people looking on - everything belonged to a time so far away, so obscurely ancient that it could no longer be comprehended, only felt in the pulse of blood that flowed through her veins.”
― stephen r. lawhead, Taliesin

“why honour the creature when the Creator is present?”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“Threatened enough, anyone will lie,”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“us.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“The birds knew the truth and they sang it.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“But it can never possess the world again, and what it cannot keep it tries to destroy.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“The people expect it,’ Charis replied. ‘It is what they come to see.’ ‘Soon they will expect more, and then still more of you. What then, Charis?’ ‘Then I will give them more,’ she said defiantly. ‘And then what? How long can you continue?”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“But there is one advocate greater still.’ Blaise and Indeg shared a puzzled glance. ‘What is it?’ they asked. ‘Hope,’ Hafgan said softly. ‘Hope is the most powerful advocate of all.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“And that is why you will be a good king. Small men do not hesitate to repay hurt for hurt.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“I consider a forthright question a kindness. So much can be hidden behind false courtesy.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“It seemed as if the evening had taken wings and fled in an instant.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin

“This oak was already old when I was born. Now I am old and soon to die and this tree grows strong still. We are small creatures, Hafgan. Our lives are not long.”

“Long enough to learn what is required of us.”

“Oh, aye, long enough to learn what we need to learn, but not long enough to change anything,” agreed Cormach wistfully. “That is our flaw. Each age must learn everything afresh. Such waste! Such waste—making all the mistakes once again, each generation making the same mistakes, fumbling in ignorance and darkness.” He raised a hand to the tree. “Hail, stout brother! Know our weakness and do not unkindly consider us.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin