“If a man goes up into Parnassus after sunset, why should he not see strange things? The gods still walk there, and… — Mary Stewart Sunsets Copy Share Image
“The street lamps glowed like ripe oranges among the bare boughs. Below in the wet street their globes glimmered down and down,… — Mary Stewart Imagery Copy Share Image
“I suppose my mother could have been a witch if she had chosen to. But she met my father, who was a… — Mary Stewart Father Copy Share Image
“We have lived under the edge of doom, and feel ourselves now facing the long-threatened fate. But hear this Emrys: fate is… — Mary Stewart Destiny Copy Share Image
“By the time that adorable steak and I had become one flesh I could have taken on the whole Valmy clan singlehanded.” — Mary Stewart Humorous-quotes Copy Share Image
...the floss-silk manes tossed up like the crest of a breaking wave…Light ran and glittered on them. They were obedient...you would have… — Mary Stewart Horse Copy Share Image
“Every life has death and every light has shadow. Be content to stand in the light and let the shadow fall where… — Mary Stewart Death 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
“It did not occur to them to refuse. They knew that if you find some person or creature in desperate need of… — Mary Stewart Refuse Copy Share Image
It seems to me you can be awfully happy in this life if you stand aside and watch and mind your own… — Mary Stewart Alive Copy Share Image
Have you ever thought, when something dreadful happens, 'a moment ago things were not like this; let it be then, not now,… — Mary Stewart Grief Copy Share Image
“I'd live with loneliness a long time. That was something which was always there... one learns to keep it at bay, there… — Mary Stewart Loneliness Copy Share Image
“I'm not a person whom the sight of olive oil repels, and I love Greek cooking. We had onion soup with grated… — Mary Stewart Food Copy Share Image
There are such people, unfortunates who have to be angry before they can feel alive. I had sometimes wondered if it were… — Mary Stewart Alive 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
“So here at last were the first lines of the story that was later to come clear, a story of spite and… — Mary Stewart Tragedy 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
“Something was moving; there was a kind of breathing brightness in the air, the wind of God brushing by, invisible in sunlight.” — Mary Stewart Sunlight Copy Share Image
“The boredom and annoyance that shut down over it were humiliatingly plain to see. I could have slapped her for it.” — Mary Stewart Shut Humiliatingly Copy Share Image
“In the morning it was fine, with one of those glittering sharp days that December sometimes throws down like bright gold among… — Mary Stewart Leadership Copy Share Image
“One always got the same shock of recognition and delight when someone's words swam up to meet a thought or name a… — Mary Stewart Joy Copy Share Image