The Ivy Tree Quotes

“Life does just go on, and you change, and you can't go back. You have to live it the way it comes.”
― Mary Stewart, The Ivy Tree

“I found that I was reaching, automatically, for another cigarette; my eyes and throat felt hot and aching, and my brain stupid. I let it slip back into the packet. I had smoked too much that evening already.”
― Mary Stewart, The Ivy Tree

“People are straightforward enough, on the whole, till one starts to look for crooked motives, and then, oh boy, how crooked can they be!”
― Mary Stewart, The Ivy Tree