"I reached for sleep and drew it round……" — Mary Stewart
"I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark"
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19 Quotes by Mary Stewart
Mary Stewart has 19 quotes on this site.
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The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.
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...the floss-silk manes tossed up like the crest of a breaking wave....Light ran and glittered on them. They were obedient...you…
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Every life has a death, and every light a shadow. Be content to stand in the light, and let the…
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But I have noticed this about ambitious men, or men in power, that they fear even the slightest and least…
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I doubt if there are many normal women who can resist looking at houses. I believe, in fact, that when…
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It is not true that women cannot keep secrets. Where they love, they can be trusted to death and beyond,…
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Perhaps loneliness had nothing to do with place or circumstance; perhaps it was in you; yourself. Perhaps, wherever you were,…
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To remember love after long sleep; to turn again to poetry after a year in the market place, or to…
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I suppose one gets to know men quickest by the things they take for granted.
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It does not do to neglect the gods of a place, whoever they may be. In the end, they are…
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The essence of wisdom is to know when to be doing, and when it's useless even to try
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Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will…
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More Blanket Quotes
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their…
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The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.
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I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel…
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I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom,…
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No. 1, it [amnesty for illegal aliens] demoralizes the people that are going through the legal process. It's a very…
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Far too often, we fathers avoid the subject because it's so awkward. The subject I am referring to is: buying…
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The modern airplane creates a new geographical dimension. A navigable ocean of air blankets the whole surface of the globe.…
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America is not like a blanket- one piece of unbroken cloth. America is more like a quilt- many patches, many…
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His ignorance covers the world like a blanket, and there's scarcely a hole in it anywhere.
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In the past, yes, I have made sweeping indictments of all white people. I never will be guilty of that…
— Malcolm X
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The next time you find yourself alone in a dark alley facing the undeniables of life, don't cover them with…
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When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said, 'My God, she's so beautiful.'…
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