Mary Renault





Mary Renault

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born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
September 04, 1905

died
December 13, 1983

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Mary Renault
AKA Eileen Mary Challans

Born: 4-Sep-1905
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 13-Dec-1983
Location of death: Cape Town, South Africa

Father: Frank Challans (physician)
Mother: Clementine Newsome Baxter
Sister: Joyce
Girlfriend: Julie Mullard (life-long companion)


High School: Clifton Girls School, Bristol, England
University: BA, St. Hugh's College, Oxford University (1928)
Medical School: Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford University




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“True friends share everything, except the past before they met.”
Mary Renault, Fire from Heaven

“The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.”
Mary Renault

“You mustn't get so upset about what you feel, Spud. No one's a hundred per cent consistent all the time. We might like to be. We can plan our lives along certain lines. But you know, there's no future in screwing down all the pressure valves and smashing in the gauge. You can do it for a bit and then something goes. Sometimes it gets s that the only thing is just to say, 'That's what I'd like to feel twenty-four hours a day; but, the hell with it, this is how I feel now.”
Mary Renault, The Charioteer

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