#alison

I know a person who, though no poet, composed some verses in a very short time, which were full of feeling and admirably descriptive of her pain: they did not come from her understanding, but, in order the better to enjoy the bliss which came to her from such delectable pain, she complained of it to her God. She would have been so glad if she could have been cut to pieces, body and soul, to show what joy this pain caused her. What torments could have been set before her at such a time which she would not have found it delectable to endure for her Lord's sake? ↗

— Teresa of Ávila

#catholic #chapter-xvi #masochism #submission #life

"The She of the dragon will return and ascend When the cycle of twelve draws to an end..." "The She of the Dragoneye will restore and defend When the Darkforce is mastered with Hua of All Men. ↗

— Alison Goodman

#dragoneye #eona #hua #prophecy #men

I've been devoted to Alison Krauss for many, many years. ↗

— Ashley Judd

#been #devoted #i #krauss #many

You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none ↗

— Alison Weir

#innocent-traitor #katherine-parr #forgiveness

In 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services. ↗

— Kenneth G. Wilson

#brown #computer #cornell #i #married

I would love to record something with PJ Harvey or Alison Goldfrapp. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#harvey #i #love #record #something

I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose. And as long as I had a part in the music of the spheres, even if it was only a single grace note, I was not worthless. Nor was I alone. ↗

— R.J. Anderson

#r-j-anderson #ultraviolet #music

Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#fun-home #grief #suicide #home

The robin brushes me at dusk. Our good bones fail. We leave no mark. His voice, she writes, was clear and quiet. I hear him singing in the dark. (“Edward Thomas’ Daughter”) ↗

— Alison Brackenbury

#inspirational #poetry #inspirational

If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the world pass me by ↗

— Alison Weir

#innocent-traitor #jane-grey #truth #life