“Only a child expects life to be just; it's a man's part to stand by the consequences of his deeds.” — Mary Stewart Arthur Copy Share Image
The gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage. — Mary Stewart Courage Copy Share Image
It does not do to neglect the gods of a place, whoever they may be. In the end, they are all one. — Mary Stewart Doe Copy Share Image
“some man of power must have existed, with gifts that seemed miraculous to his own times.” — Mary Stewart Existed Copy Share Image
“Every time your work is read, you die several deaths for every word, and poetry is like being flayed alive.” — Mary Stewart Books Copy Share Image
“It is for you to choose. Choice is man's right, and for that I leave you free.” — Mary Stewart Choice Copy Share Image
I knew that I had turned my world back to cinders, sunk my lovely ship with my own stupid, wicked hands. — Mary Stewart Hands Copy Share Image
But I have noticed this about ambitious men, or men in power, that they fear even the slightest and least likely threat… — Mary Stewart Ambitious Copy Share Image
“You made a discovery yesterday; remember? 'No man is an Island.' It's true in more ways than one. Don't go on hating… — Mary Stewart Hating yourself Copy Share Image
“It was over, the awkward moment, the dreaded moment, sliding past in a ripple of commonplaces, the easy mechanical politenesses that are… — Mary Stewart Awkward Copy Share Image
“Literature and fiction are full of femmes fatales, but there is also an homme fatal, an altogether rarer bird, and pity help… — Mary Stewart Books Copy Share Image
“The village is perched on a precipitous hillside, and the houses are built in tiers, one up behind the other, the floor… — Mary Stewart Village Looks Copy Share Image
“Life had stopped. Life would have to go on. Life went on, and in time the unbelievable began to happen; pleasure and… — Mary Stewart Happiness Copy Share Image
“It did not occur to them to refuse. They knew that if you find some person or creature in desperate need of… — Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
“this might be a beauty to send men mad. Her body was slight with a child’s slenderness, but her breasts were full… — Mary Stewart Beauty Copy Share Image
“I saw it begin; even so, after battle, Ambrosious' very presence had give the wounded strength and the dying comfort. Whatever it… — Mary Stewart War Copy Share Image
“I had been so used to God's voice in the fire and stars that I had forgotten to listen for it in… — Mary Stewart Forgotten Copy Share Image
Where two Greeks are gathered together, there will be at least three political parties represented, and possibly more. — Mary Stewart Greece Copy Share Image
The essence of wisdom is to know when to be doing, and when it's useless even to try — Mary Stewart Essence Copy Share Image
“...kissing me with a violence that was terrifying and yet, somehow, the summit of all my tenderest dreams.” — Mary Stewart Dreams Copy Share Image
I can say 'reduce your stress level' until I'm blue in the face. — Mary Stewart Blue Copy Share Image
I suppose one gets to know men quickest by the things they take for granted. — Mary Stewart Get to know me Copy Share Image
I had always been content to know that there was more in the living world than we could hope to understand. — Mary Stewart Knowledge Copy Share Image
“The sour smell was not the smell of fungus. It was unlit incense, and cold ashes, and unsaid prayers. I” — Mary Stewart Smell Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I think, our impulses come not from the past, but from the future. — Mary Stewart Impulse Copy Share Image
The place for truth is not in the facts of a novel; it is in the feelings. — Mary Stewart Books Copy Share Image
“The best words in the best order...one always go the same shock of recognition and delight when someone's words swam up to… — Mary Stewart Language Copy Share Image
“I was back on the scented hillside with the moon coming out above the ruins of the temple where nothing remains now… — Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
Perhaps loneliness had nothing to do with place or circumstance; perhaps it was in you; yourself. Perhaps, wherever you were, you took… — Mary Stewart Circles Copy Share Image
I sometimes think it's a mistake to have been happy when one was a child. One should always want to go on,… — Mary Stewart Childhood Copy Share Image
“there’s always something there, if one can find the treatment. The same old material, the same old line, the same old setting… — Mary Stewart Mind Copy Share Image
“I remember thinking with a queer detached portion of my mind that here was someone wringing her hands. One reads about it… — Mary Stewart Mary-stewart Copy Share Image
“Oh, hell." He landed beside me, soft-footed on the pine needles. "This is beginning to have all the elements of a farce,… — Mary Stewart Farce Copy Share Image
“I doubt if any son every knew more about his father and his father's father than I, with all you have told… — Mary Stewart Father Copy Share Image
