"Merlin, do you mind?' It was the King who asked me, a man as old and wise as myself; a man who could see past his own crowding problems, and guess wha...

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Used every man according to his capacity.
More Mary Stewart quotes
"The gods do not visit you to remind you what you know already.
"Well, what was luck for if it was never to be tempted?
"...kissing me with a violence that was terrifying and yet, somehow, the summit of all my tenderest dreams.
"Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will have everything; you cannot have more…
"It is easier to call the storm from the empty sky than to manipulate the heart of a man; and soon, if my bones did not lie to me, I should be needing ...
"The essence of wisdom is to know when to be doing, and when it's useless even to try