“ 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
“ But a voice said within her, Now it is too late. They found her at high noon, just as the sun came out after the storm, floating among the reeds of the Lake. Her long hair was spread out on the surfa… Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ There are ignorant priests and ignorant people, who are all too ready to cry sorcery if a woman is only a little wiser than they are! Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ There is no sorrow like the memory of love and the knowledge that it is gone forever; Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ 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
“ The Goddess has a fourth face. It is secret, and you should prey, as I do, as I do Igraine, that Morgause will never wear that face. Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ Perhaps mankind must have a time of darkness so that we will one day again know what a blessing is the light. Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ A life path may have strange twists and turnings, and we do not always end up where we intend to go.... Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ Beware what you speak,' said the Merlin very softly, 'for indeed the words we speak make shadows of what is to come, and by speaking them we bring them to pass, my king. Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ I think too many people presume to read the divine Scriptures and fall into such terrors as this,' said Patricius sternly. 'Those who presume on their learning will learn, I trust, to listen to their… Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ Men are by nature wanderers...Every people has moved from somewhere, and had to learn the ways of the land from the people who were there before. Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ Lancelot: Morgaine, Morgaine - kinswoman, I have never seen you weep.Morgaine: Are you like so many men, afraid of a woman's tears? (...)Lancelot: No (...) it makes them seem so much more real, so muc… Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ … but I believe the divine ones will send other great masters to preach the truth to mankind, and that mankind will always receive them with the cross and the fire and the stones Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ Uther: I wish you were a foolish woman I could despise, damn youIf your priests are right, said Viviane calmly, I am already thoroughly damned and you may save your breath. Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ She cried aloud, with a great mourning cry for all that she had never known in this life, and the agony of a bereavement unguessed till this moment. Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ It is hardly lonely in a nunnery, son, with other women. And God is there.Morgause said, I would rather dwell in a hermitage in the forest than in a house full of chattering ladies! If God is there, i… Marion Zimmer Bradley
“ Funny thing, how people keep fighting about religion, when really it’s all the same. Seems to me it’s the priests who make all the problems; most folks just want good harvests and healthy babies, just… Marion Zimmer Bradley
