“There are such people, unfortunates who have to be angry before they can feel alive. I had sometimes wondered if it were some old relic of pagan superstition, the fear of risking the jealousy and anger of the gods, that made such people afraid of even small happinesses. Or perhaps it was only that tragedy is more self-important than laughter.” PeopleIfsFeelsMadeImportantSelfSometimesFearAliveLaughterTragedyAngerAngrySuperstitionsPaganRelics Author:Mary Stewart
“It seems to me you can be awfully happy in this life if you stand aside and watch and mind your own business, and let other people do as they like about damaging themselves and one another. You go on kidding yourself that you're impartial and tolerant and all that, then all of a sudden you realize you're dead, and you've never been alive at all.” PeopleIfsMindSeemsRealizingWatchesAliveGoes OnThis LifeOwn BusinessMind Your Own BusinessMind Your OwnKidding Yourself Author:Mary Stewart
“I doubt if there are many normal women who can resist looking at houses. I believe, in fact, that when a house is up for sale more than half the people who look over it are not prospective buyers, but merely ladies who cannot resist exploring someone else's house.” PeopleIfsBelieveLooksFactsHouseI BelieveHalfDoubtNormalI Believe InOver ItExploringBuyers Book:Stormy Petrel Source: Stormy Petrel
“I'm very much to blame for not seeing it before, but who on earth goes about suspecting an impossible outlandish thing like murder? That's something that happens in books, not among people you know.” PeopleKnowsBookHappensEarthImpossibleSeeingMurderBlameOutlandish Book:Nine Coaches Waiting Source: Nine Coaches Waiting
