“I can’t be doing with people that are not exactly what they seem.’ Mamie was” — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
To have all my dear ones together under one roof - that is all I ask of life. — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
There is something very appealing about a room which one occupied as a child; it brings back one's childhood more vividly than… — D.E. Stevenson Childhood Copy Share Image
“The bus is unpleasantly full men sitting and girls standing, which seems the usual thing in this part of the world.” — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Husbands are annoying at times, but they are a habit which grows on one, and life is extraordinarily dull without them.” — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
One need never be dull as long as one has friends to help, gardens to enjoy and books in the long winter… — D.E. Stevenson Book Copy Share Image
“Some people’s elegance was only skin-deep, scrape off a little bit of the veneer and you got the real wood—common” — D.E. Stevenson Beauty Copy Share Image
Friends that you have known for a long time and love very dearly never seem to grow old. — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“R. L. S. put it like this: ‘Let it be enough for faith that the whole creation groans in mortal frailty, strives… — D.E. Stevenson Faith Copy Share Image
“Anne could not explain. It was always difficult for Anne to explain things even when they were clear to herself, and in… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“What fools the public were! They were exactly like sheep…thought Mr. Abbott sleepily…following each other’s lead, neglecting one book and buying another… — D.E. Stevenson Fools Copy Share Image
“Tim says he never suggested a historical romance. If I did write one nobody would read it. But why not try my… — D.E. Stevenson Historical Copy Share Image
Few of us have the necessary unselfishness to hear with gladness the talents of others extolled or to listen with patience to… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“She might or might not have "an imagination" (Arthur could not be sure of that), but she certainly had and extraordinary power… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“When Nell had undressed and put out the light she opened the window wide and lay looking out at the stars …… — D.E. Stevenson Moon Copy Share Image
“In the course of my wanderings I have started life anew in many places, and in every place the same thing happens:… — D.E. Stevenson Life Copy Share Image
“Children are ruthless because they have not learned pity, they are inconsiderate because they have never experienced pain. When Philip had written… — D.E. Stevenson Children Copy Share Image
“A fat, stolid young man came forward to serve us. "A drinking trough for a dog. Yes, Moddam. Would you prefer a… — D.E. Stevenson Dog Copy Share Image
“Spend the afternoon with Miss H. looking over Bryan’s school clothes, and compile a large list of what he requires, which will… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“She had always suffered from a curious fear of what was going to happen round the next corner. Even when life went… — D.E. Stevenson Brave Copy Share Image
“The property was situated in a fold of the hills and sloped gently down to the sea. It consisted of meadows and… — D.E. Stevenson Cold water Copy Share Image
“Betty hugs me, and says, ‘Oh, Mummy, have you found a house? Is there a swing in the garden? You do look… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Because if you walk in a city you’re jostled by hundreds of indifferent people with indifferent eyes that look at you as… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“The storyteller has always been a valuable member of society. Even in prehistoric times when men hunted wild beasts and lived in… — D.E. Stevenson Storyteller Copy Share Image
“Tim wants to know what on earth it is all about and why on earth Grace has come all the way to… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“I try to explain that I don’t know them very well, but Mr. Baker does not listen. ‘Very nice friends to have,… — D.E. Stevenson Nice friend Copy Share Image
“We agree that it is too late to think of visiting Cousin Ellen today – in fact if we do not hurry… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“No, but he’s on his way to it,’ she replies. ‘You don’t think I’m wrong to try to influence Guthrie’s life, do… — D.E. Stevenson Good wife Copy Share Image
“It was true that Sue had known she could go to the Bullochs, for they had suggested it in a tentative manner… — D.E. Stevenson Grandmother Copy Share Image
“The whole place is now beginning to close down. At some of the booths the flares have been extinguished, and the occupants… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Nell wagged her feathery tail. It was good when the goddess descended from the clouds and spoke to you; it gave you… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“here it was again, clamping down upon his spirit, drying up his mouth, fluttering like an imprisoned bird in his bosom.” — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Men who understand women being sometimes too understanding of women other than their wives.” — D.E. Stevenson Feminism Copy Share Image
“He’s in cotton-wool, pampered and cosseted, surrounded with hot-house flowers and picture papers. He’s a prisoner in a gilded cage. I wonder… — D.E. Stevenson Prison Copy Share Image
“If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Thy hand shall… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Excepting Will,” Mrs. Bulloch amended. “Such an affront to put upon ye, Thomas! Yon man’ll not enjoy heaven if he gets there.”… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet; Womanhood and childhood fleet. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW” — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“She had sunk her whole personality to be Arnold’s wife, but even that was not enough, he was still unsatisfied …” — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“(Query – Why do people with no children of their own seem to think the shocking behaviour of other people’s offspring a… — D.E. Stevenson Children Copy Share Image
