I'd rather you wanted to make love, ' said Dernhil, smiling crookedly. 'That was my first thought, when you barged in here. I could easily refuse that.'' It's a much lesser question, ' said Cadvan gravely. Then he gave Dernhil a sharp look. 'Would you really refuse me?'' Probably.' Dernhil's eyes brimmed with sudden laughter. 'Honestly, Cadvan, have you no grace? What a thing to ask! ' Cadvan's rare smile smile leapt in his face. 'It occurs to me that I might love you well enough.' Dernhil looked briefly astonished. 'And to think that all these years I thought you hated me! ' he said lightly. 'You know I don't hate you, ' said Cadvan. 'I think you know I never did. Nor you me. And you, maybe more than anyone else I know, understands that there are many kinds of love.' He gestured impatiently. 'That's not what I'm asking, anyway.'' I know.' Dernhil met his gaze darkly. 'Only you would demand such a thing, in the middle of the night, from me, of all people! '' Yes, ' said Cadvan, a soft mockery in his voice. 'From you, of all people! ' Dernhil looked down at his hands and was silent for a time, thinking. Cadvan waited patiently, watching him. When Dernhil looked up, his face was open, and a smile lurked in the back of his eyes. 'Perhaps I love you enough to scary you, Cadvan, ' he said. 'And that is a great deal more than you deserve.' p.146.Alison Croggon
About This Quote
The quote means that the greatest glory of living is not to never fall, but to always rising. A person can rise from the lowest down to the highest. It's impossible to be at the same time the lowest and the highest. If you are low, you will fall further.
If you are high, then you will fall more slowly. But it's possible to reach the highest.
Source: The Bone Queen
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