Lady Of Avalon Quotes
"It was nearing sunset, and the quiet waters of the Vale of Avalon were overlaid with gold."
"My lifetime…, thought Caillean. I shall not leave the House of the Priestesses again."
"Fair be each thing on which Thy light shines…."
"Life is seldom fair! You have been lucky, Gawen. Give thanks to the gods and do not complain."
"Even a priestess does not always understand what forces move her."
"Before the gods, nothing matters save what you may create for yourself."
"The first truth of your faith, as well as of mine, is that the gods, by whatever names they may be called, are but one."
"It does not matter what you are to do, what you are is something different."
"It seemed to him now that to choose something to serve, and give himself to it completely, was the only way to unity."
"To be reborn in the spirit you must first be purified."
"Remember what Caillean taught you! Summon the inner fire!"
"I am a bard and a warrior and a Druid trained in magic."
"You yourself have earned the garb you wear. When you go among them, carry yourself with such pride that it is they who will feel overdressed, and envy you."
"By moon and stars and the green earth I swear it," said Teleri eagerly.
"We could trade for cloth, as we do for other things. But there is a virtue in the cloth that is made on Avalon. Spinning is a mighty magic, did you not know? When we speak of holy things as we work, more than wool or flax goes into the thread."
"The gods love a man who will fight even when hope seems gone. You have luck, Carausius, and that is rarer even than skill."
"Let it be so!" responded the priest. He too took a burning stick and held it high.
"Without men, ships are only rotting wood, and walls are only moldering stones."
"The apple tree is not more holy than the oak, nor wheat than barley. Each has its own purpose."
"Blood to blood, soul to soul. As you are bound to guard, she is bound to provide, linked by service and destiny…"
"The virtue was not in the water, but in the one who looked into it."
"You are the Lady of Avalon… You are the Goddess to me."
"No doubt they will think we are easy meat and come on!"
"But if it comes to war, it will not be the first time."
"Leave the taxes that are levied in Britannia here, to support our government, and we will gladly pay for our defenses."
"You have kept your part of our bargain. Did you think I would not keep mine?"
"The gods know I have tried to play by the rules! But if my duty requires me to bend them, then that is what I will have to do."
"Your wine is good," said Wulfhere, draining his cup and holding it out to be refilled.
"I drink to you," answered Carausius, lifting his own.
"We will drink your wine gladly, but we have amphorae that are just as good at home," said Hlodovic.
"Paid for in blood," said Carausius. "Better to receive such wine as a gift, and spill your blood on nobler quarrels."
"For the past few seasons your cousins have kept him busy in Belgica." Carausius laughed. "He has neither the ships nor the men to impede trade with Britannia."
"Wine is good," agreed Radbod, "but gold is better."
"I have gold…for my friends. And silver from the Mendip mines," Carausius signaled.
"And what gifts do you expect your ‘friends’ to give you in exchange?" asked Hlodovic.
"Let your young men seek glory on other shores. The rewards will be even greater if you yourselves go against those who would attack us by sea."
"But you, lord, are a noble fighter. Why should you deprive yourself of such a challenge?" asked Wulfhere.
"It is true I would rather fight upon the sea. But now that I am High King here, I must spend much time in the north, making war against the Painted Peoples there."
"And you would set the wolves to guard the sheep while you are gone?" Wulfhere shook his head in amusement.
"If the wolves are honorable beasts, I would place more trust in them than in dogs," Carausius replied.
"You are no Roman, for all they call you Imperator…," said Wulfhere.
"I was born in the Menapian fens. But I belong to Britannia now," replied Carausius.
"We wolves are hungry, and we have many cubs to feed," put in Radbod.
"The sea wolves have sworn alliance!" exclaimed Carausius triumphantly.
"I apologize," said Carausius stiffly, "for disturbing you."
"Saxons…" she hissed, fists clenching in the skirts of her gown.
"They are all Saxon wolves to me!" Teleri cried out.
"Don’t touch me!" she cried, rising so quickly the bench crashed over behind her.
"You’re one of them! I thought you were a Roman, but when I look at you it is his face I see now!" Teleri exclaimed.
"The Saxon…" she answered, so quietly he had to strain to hear, "the man who tried to rape me when I was eighteen years old."
"Carausius has his victory. But it is in the world of the spirit. In this world, his murderer still lives and boasts of his deed."
"Powers of Night, I call you by no mean magic but by the ancient laws of Necessity, to fall upon the murderer."
"I am the Lady, and I set upon Allectus, son of Cerialis, the curse of Avalon. Thus I have spoken, and thus it shall be!"
"I was lost in the mist," she whispered. "Ever since you sent me away I think I have been lost. I was trying to come back to Avalon."
"Carausius was chosen by our Goddess to be King. In this life or another, he is bound to this land."
"You came through the mists…" Dierna said slowly. "That can only be done by a priestess, or by passing through Faerie."
"You are great of heart, my child, and so, for a time, you shall have your desire. I accept your service, as I have accepted it before."
"The winter snow is white and fair—Lost, ’tis lost, and I sit mourning—It melts and leaves earth moist and bare."
"All your dreams and aspirations, the sacred spirit within you, I consecrate to Her now..."
"You who seek the Goddess and believe you know what you have asked for—know now that I shall never be what you have expected, but always something other, and something more…"
"I am the Great Mother of all things living, I have many children. Do you think that by any act of men this land can be lost, or that you can be separated from Me?"
"I hear your plea, but this is not a decision to be made in a moment."
"What has to be done. You are all too divided to take action, but I see only the need, and I feel that the Grail desires to answer."
"If I am so welcome, I wonder it has taken you so long to send for me, and if I am your daughter, why did you tear me, without a word of warning, from the only home I have known?"
"We must wait for the Deliverer whom the gods have promised, he will take up the Sword and drive these evil ones from the land!"
"My mother was trained on this holy isle, and brought me up to love the old ways. I am willing to give whatever is required for the favor of Avalon."
"In life the Falcon will never rule; in death he may ward Britannia forever…."
"It is only through death that life can come, and sometimes defeat brings victory."
"This is the sleep of trance, from which the oracle shall come."
"Magic, she had been taught, is a matter of focusing the disciplined will. But sometimes the will must be abandoned."
"The gods have strung the loom, but it is we who make the figures."
"But it is better he should think her safe in Durovernum."
"I saw them… Painted men with golden necklaces and bronze spears. They looked like you…."
"You are the Goddess… but you would not be so cruel as to keep me alive in such pain…."
"Was it all for nothing, then? Was all the killing in vain? Hold on to me, Viviane, or I will go mad again. Let me at least die sane!"
"All will be well. As you breathe out, let go of the pain…."
"May the gods watch over you… until we meet… again."
"Now you may run along the shore and look for pretty stones."
"I wish they would. We should come all the sooner to Avalon."
"I am happy, Igraine. When I was your age I could not say my lessons half so well."
"Summer’s golden time is done With the waning of the sun; After Winter’s snow and rain, Summer’s joy will come again!"