Meandering . . .

Today is birthday of Mary Renault (September 4, 1905 – December 13, 1983), writer. She is best known for her historical novels set in Ancient Greece.

"In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul."
- Mary Renault

"Man's immortality is not to live forever; for that wish is born of fear. Each moment free from fear makes a man immortal."
- Mary Renault

"A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it."
- Mary Renault

"You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it."
- Mary Renault

"How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?"
- Mary Renault

"Money buys many things… The best of which is freedom."
- Mary Renault

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