“There is no one so leadenfooted as the reluctant bringer of bad news.” — Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
“A child thinks life is fair. A man stands by the consequences of his deeds.” — Mary Stewart Child Copy Share Image
“Only a child expects life to be just; it's a man's part to stand by the consequences of his deeds.” — Mary Stewart 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
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 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
“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
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
“By the time that adorable steak and I had become one flesh I could have taken on the whole Valmy clan singlehanded.” — Mary Stewart 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
“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
...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
“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 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 assure you, I've come to one of those natural breaks in the book, where one can walk away and let things… — Mary Stewart Books Copy Share Image
“I think there is only one. Oh, there are gods everywhere, in the hollow hills, in the wind and the sea, in… — Mary Stewart Gods Copy Share Image
“The Romans gave them Roman names, and let them be; but the Christians refuse to believe in them, and their priests berate… — Mary Stewart Christianity 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 Copy Share Image
To remember love after long sleep; to turn again to poetry after a year in the market place, or to youth after… — Mary Stewart Age Copy Share Image
“Yes, but the artist?" said Nigel almost fiercely. "He's different, you know he is. He's driven by some compulsion: if he can't… — Mary Stewart Ambition Copy Share Image
“the smell of resin filled the air. A thrush was singing somewhere. Late harebells were thick among the grass, and small blue… — Mary Stewart Bees Copy Share Image
“some man of power must have existed, with gifts that seemed miraculous to his own times.” — Mary Stewart 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
“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
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 Future 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 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
There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death. — 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
“The boredom and annoyance that shut down over it were humiliatingly plain to see. I could have slapped her for it.” — Mary Stewart 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
“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
