Charlotte Fairlie Quotes

“It was an eye-opener to Charlotte that she could love somebody in this mad way with a wild sweet tenerness that made everything he touched precious to her.”
― D.E. Stevenson, The Enchanted Isle

“everybody had to find their own way of bearing things”
― D.E. Stevenson, The Enchanted Isle

“Life was like a piece of tapestry . . . or perhaps one should say a piece of tapestry was like life . . . for there was the background, which was rather dull, and the coloured bits, which were fun. And it was not until you had got to the end and the whole thing was complete that you could see the pattern properly.”
― D.E. Stevenson, Charlotte Fairlie

“Sister Ferguson’s method of dealing with misfortunes was to “wash them out”. You never got anywhere if you sat down and brooded and felt sorry for yourself. The thing to do was to pretend you didn’t care . . . then, after a bit, you found the pretence was true.”
― D.E. Stevenson, Charlotte Fairlie

“Love isn't warmth and coiness; it's fire and glory!”
― D.E. Stevenson, The Enchanted Isle