Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual.

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual.

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for...

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for...

The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now...

What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now...

Don't judge a book by its cover

Don't judge a book by its cover

I spend money with reckless abandon. Last month I blew $5000 at a reincarnation. I...

I spend money with reckless abandon. Last month I blew $5000 at a reincarnation. I...

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship...

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship...

How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit...

How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit...