Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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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)...

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.

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for...

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for...

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...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to...

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to...

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

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

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...

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...

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also...

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also...

The average politician goes through a sentence like a man exploring a disused mine shaft-blind,...

The average politician goes through a sentence like a man exploring a disused mine shaft-blind,...

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...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

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

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

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write...

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write...

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

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.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.