Quotes by James Stevenson

“James still thought of Rhoda, though perhaps not quite so constantly as before. She was as far out of reach as the moon, and how foolish it was to keep crying for the moon!””

“That brewery, owned by Oloff Stevenson van Cortlandt, stood near the spot Murphy’s Tavern occupies today. Beer was central to life in New Amsterdam; when Peter Stuyvesant arrived in 1647 to take over the colony, he found “one full fourth of the City of New Amsterdam has been turned into taverns.” Men, women, and children drank beer every day, often at every meal. Even today, in places of poor sanitation, beer can be healthier than water.””

“D.E. StevensonWinter and Rough Weather “I’m not really worrying, but it’s very isolated. Boscath is like an island in some ways.” “I see what you mean,” nodded Jock. “And Rhoda isn’t used to islands.” James Dering and his new wife””

“Perhaps your father wouldn’t like it?” suggested Patty doubtfully. “Uncle James didn’t like it much. I mean Hugo had to be very tactful about it. He couldn’t really get on with his plans until Uncle James died. He died quite suddenly.” (Arsenic, thought Will”

“James thought he might learn from Daniel how to be alone and yet not lonely, how to be self-sufficient. One must not become selfish of course (Daniel was not selfish), but it would be a useful lesson to learn how to find happiness inside oneself.””

“Mr. James would have preferred a younger and more attractive secretary, but he merely sighed and said, “Oh well . . . Of course you know best, Mrs. B. She certainly seems very keen.””

“You’re Mrs. Dering Johnstone!” “Goodness! How did you guess?” Bel had not guessed. She had known quite definitely the moment she saw Mrs. Dering Johnstone that this was Louise’s cousin’s wife, for Louise had said that James’s wife, Rhoda, was perfectly beautiful”

“007 n. the fictional British secret agent James Bond, or someone based on, inspired by, or reminiscent of him.””

“Shoulder the Sky is another story about Mureth Farm and Drumburly and the people who live there; it continues the theme of Vittoria Cottage and Music in the Hills but it is a complete novel in itself. The three books are merely strung together by the story of James and Rhoda and their friends. Mureth and Drumburly are not real places in the geographical sense of the word. There is no metalled road that leads to Drumburly (the best road to take is an easy chair before the fire on a winter’s evening), but the picture represented is artistically true of the Scottish Border Country; of the rolling hills, the rivers and the burns, of the storms and the sunshine. So, in one sense, Drumburly is real and in another it is imaginary”