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Mary Renault Quotes

Mary Renault quotes

English Novelist, Writer September 4, 1905 – December 13, 1983

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Mary Renault quote: "How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?"
How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown? Mary Renault
Hephaistion had known for many ages that if a god should offer him one gift in all his lifetime, he would choose this. Joy hit him like a lightning-bolt. Mary Renault
I thought, There goes my lord, whom I was born to follow. I have found a King. And, I said to myself, looking after him as he walked away, I will have him, if I die for it. Mary Renault
Mary Renault quote: "There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally..."
There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare. Mary Renault
(Alexander)'Sometimes I forget all this for months on end. Sometimes I think of it day and night. Sometimes I think, unless I find out the truth of it, I shall go mad.'(Hephaistion)'That's stupid. You've got me now. Do you think I'd let you go mad? Mary Renault
He kept telling me I was queer, and I didn't like it. The word, I mean. Shutting you away, somehow; roping you off with a lot of people you don't feel much in common with, half of whom hate the other half anyway, and just keep together so that they can lean up against each other for support. Mary Renault
Mary Renault quote: "To hate excellence is to hate the gods."
To hate excellence is to hate the gods. Mary Renault
Mary Renault quote: "Clouds of black birds rose up wailing and screaming, like the..."
Clouds of black birds rose up wailing and screaming, like the thoughts of my heart. Mary Renault
It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that. Mary Renault
Mary Renault quote: "Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places."
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places. Mary Renault
Mary Renault quote: "Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat."
Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat. Mary Renault
Mary Renault quote: "The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of..."
The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes. Mary Renault
Mary Renault quote: "You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself..."
You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it. Mary Renault
Mary Renault quote: "A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet..."
A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it. Mary Renault
Mary Renault quote: "I was a king and a king's heir and now I am a slave."
I was a king and a king's heir and now I am a slave. Mary Renault

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