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Mary, Lady Stewart was a British novelist who developed the romantic mystery genre, featuring smart, adventurous heroines who could hold their own in dangerous situations. She also wrote children's books and poetry, but may be best known for her Merlin series, which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and fantasy. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. September 1916 – 10. May 2014

Works

The Hollow Hills
The Hollow Hills
Mary Stewart
Nine Coaches Waiting
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Famous Mary Stewart Quotes

“Every life has death and every light has shadow. Be content to stand in the light and let the shadow fall where it will.”

Mary Stewart book The Hollow Hills

Source: The Hollow Hills

“It is not true that women cannot keep secrets. Where they love, they can be trusted to death and beyond, against all sense and reason. It is their weakness, and their great strength.”

Mary Stewart book The Hollow Hills

Source: The Hollow Hills

“Perhaps loneliness had nothing to do with place or circumstance; perhaps it was in you; yourself. Perhaps, wherever you were, you took your little circle of loneliness with you…”

Mary Stewart book Nine Coaches Waiting

Source: Nine Coaches Waiting

“The gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage.”

Mary Stewart book The Crystal Cave

Source: The Crystal Cave

“The essence of wisdom is to know when to be doing, and when it's useless even to try”

Mary Stewart book The Last Enchantment

Source: The Last Enchantment

“It does not do to neglect the gods of a place, whoever they may be. In the end, they are all one.”

Mary Stewart Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy

Source: Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy

“The gods love salt. The sweat of human endeavour adds savour to every sacrifice.”

Mary Stewart book The Hollow Hills

The Hollow Hills (1973)

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